Earth microbes may survive on moon's south pole, NASA study finds

If microscopic biological material persists around landing sites, it could pollute pristine soil samples.
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NASA finds Earth microbes could survive on the Moon

NASA scientists found that microbes brought by astronauts could survive in cold, shadowed niches around the Moon’s South Pole ...

NASA Researchers Want to Literally Blot Out Starlight to Hunt for Earth-Like Exoplanets

A team at NASA and Caltech wants to launch a giant, flower-shaped “starshade” to better view distant planets by literally ...

NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after eight-month stay International Space Station

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut closed out a 241-day stay aboard the International Space Station early Sunday with a fiery plunge back to Earth and an on-target touchdown on the broad ...

NASA-led study shows Earth microbes could survive on moon

New research led by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some could survive for a time ...

NASA's PUNCH mission can now accurately predict when solar storms will hit Earth

In March 2025, NASA launched the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission in an effort to better understand solar weather. It consists of a constellation of four microsatellites ...

How a Canceled Spy Satellite Became NASA’s New Window Into the Universe

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch on Sunday, will study dark energy and discover a multitude of ...
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60 years ago NASA took the first ever photo of Earth from the moon

Snapped on August 23, 1966, by the uncrewed Lunar Orbiter 1, the photo’s legacy lives on in the breathtaking images of Earth ...