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

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

A research report argues that NASA's planned lunar base project should include a bioconfinement facility that would protect ...

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

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

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

The Trump administration said individuals were moved to ensure their safety during hurricane season. Environmental groups ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. — The Columbia River was contaminated by chemicals from the tank rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility in Longview, officials confirmed Wednesday. The extent of the ...

As device geometries continue to shrink and process integration becomes more complex, the margin for contamination grows smaller with every technology node. Contamination can originate from process ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

Alien: Earth definitely gets a lot right, but after watching the season 1 finale, I'm torn, because it gets a lot of things wrong, too. There's clear commitment to certain aspects of the Alien ...