On January 2, 2019 at 9:26pm EST, China's Chang’E-4 probe did what no human or machine has ever done before, and landed on ...

With each passing season, ‘Resident Alien’ has proven that it is one of the most delightfully unhinged sci-fi comedies on television. Season 3 doubled down on everything that makes the show work, ...

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Scientists suggest the Moon could act as a quarantine checkpoint before samples from Mars are brought back to Earth.

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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 ...

This article contains spoilers for the film Disclosure Day. As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters of the Third ...

Spacecraft are no longer just visiting other worlds. They’re starting to bring pieces of them home. NASA returned asteroid dust to Earth in 2023, and scientists hope Mars rocks will follow in the ...

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a “lunar biocontainment facility.” Reading time 3 minutes International ...

Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could be crucial to understanding Titan’s complex chemistry ...