A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.

Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...

A bizarre floating growth on the International Space Station has sent the internet into a frenzy because of its alien-like roots. NASA's Don Pettit shared a picture of a potato he grew while onboard ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said he kept a journal throughout including audio notes, written logs and whatever was ...

Precedents show that crackdowns and tighter regulations often have negative domestic and diplomatic consequences, sometimes ...

For decades, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has been the domain of science fiction writers and late-night ...

The main focus of the trip is to study the effects of long-term spaceflight on the body, but the test is also a side mission.

The United States space agency, NASA, has briefly ordered astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) to prepare for possible evacuation as a Russian crew attempts to repair worsening ...

Tommaso Zaccaria, a researcher at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands, has found that terrestrial ...

Nasa's latest Mars discovery brings us closer to finding alien life. Perseverance has found deep deposits of complex carbon ...

Wine grapes from Texas will soon join worms, human sperm, and cookie dough on a growing list of Earth objects sent to space.