Caltech scientists published a study using NASA Curiosity rover imagery showing the past existence of warm water on Mars.
To comply, NASA has sought to sanitize Mars rovers at a threshold of no more than 300,000 bacterial spores on any surface.
The survival of organisms in the vacuum of space could support the theory that life didn't start on Earth, but originated ...
The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.
Human ambition to want to know as much as possible about everything around us in space is something that could already be ...
They will swab the exterior of the International Space Station to collect microbiological samples surviving in the vacuum of ...
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NASA proposes a faster, cheaper plan to bring Mars samples to Earth, aiming for delivery by the 2030s while cutting costs ...
Jeanette Epps prepared for her trip to space for more than 30 years before her mission in 2024. Now, she wants to show ...
Astronauts are to search for life in space - clinging to the International Space Station. NASA crew will swab the exterior of the orbital outpost next week to collect microbiological samples ...