Mars or Jupiter's moon Europa samples will be contained forever as they pose a risk to humans DANGEROUS alien bugs hitching a ride back to Earth on returning space crafts should be locked away forever ...

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NASA’s Curiosity rover may be digging for evidence of alien life deep below the surface of Mars. But one US entomologist believes the evidence has been staring us in the face all along. Ohio ...

Alien viruses which travel to Earth on returning spacecraft could be a "danger" to humans, scientists have admitted. But they insist any bugs or bacteria which do make the long trip will be contained ...

About 3.8 billion years ago existence first sprang up but scientists have been unable to figure out how it started. However, the mystery may have just been cracked by scientists who believe life was ...

Space dust may have transported alien bugs to Earth - or terrestrial microbes to other planets, research suggests. The theory comes from British scientists who have studied powerful flows of ...

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