A forensic analysis revealed that the meteorite is a rare CM-type carbonaceous chondrite, an ancient class of meteorites that ...

A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024 is a rare, primitive space rock containing evidence of ancient water.

A new study suggests rocket exhaust from future lunar missions could contaminate pristine ice deposits near the Moon's poles, ...

One of the greatest scientific discoveries in history may be hidden beneath nearly 13,000 feet of Antarctic ice. Deep below ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow the search for potentially habitable planets beyond Earth.

As humanity prepares for a new era of space exploration, NASA and other space agencies are planning ambitious missions to ...

Efforts to manage invasive alien plant species in forests could be held back by a continued reliance on chemical methods, ...

The scientist has outlined the 'potentially devastating and irreversible long-term impacts' of unknown organisms in space ...

Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien microorganism ...

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

Scientists say the Moon could serve as Earth’s first biological shield by housing a secure facility for quarantining samples returned from space. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers propose turning a ...

Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...