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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A self-taught photographer has been capturing the "alien world" of insects. Lee Frost, from Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, said he liked taking the macro images "of what's just around us". "As ...

DANGEROUS alien bugs hitching a ride back to Earth on returning space crafts should be locked away forever, a leading scientist has said. Rock and ice samples brought back from Mars or Jupiter’s moon ...