In 1877, an Italian astronomer mapped faint lines on Mars and called them canali, meaning channels or grooves. But the word ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

A team of researchers is advocating to use the moon as a secure site for biocontainment of extraterrestrial samples, particularly those from Mars, but also from other potential worlds like Enceladus, ...

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial ...

The event will begin today at 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT). You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the agency. The moon base is a core piece of NASA's Artemis program, ...

Space exploration was a major theme of a state House hearing on Tuesday, even as the budget deadline looms over lawmakers.

ON AN August evening in 1995 there was a worldwide broadcast of an 18 minute, grainy black and white film that caused a sensation. According to the report it had been kept secret by the US ...

The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great ...

Researchers say a biocontainment facility on the Moon could be humanity's last line of defense against potential future alien ...