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Study Finds Earth Microbes Can Survive in Shadowed Niches at Moon’s South Pole

NASA researchers urge baseline contamination surveys to protect lunar science before crewed missions.

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26 New Bacterial Species Found in NASA Cleanrooms Raise Planetary-Protection Questions

Spacecraft Clean-Room Bacterium 'Plays Dead,' Forcing Rethink of Sterilization and Planetary Protection

Perseverance’s ‘Leopard-Spot’ Rock Tagged a Potential Biosignature as Fresh Skepticism Surfaces

NASA Identifies Perseverance Rock as Strongest Candidate Yet for Ancient Mars Life

Study Pinpoints Microbial Colonization of Finland’s Lappajärvi Impact Crater

Mars Rover’s ‘Helmet’ Rock, Horneflya, Is Almost Entirely Made of Spherules

Cosmic Rays Can Sustain Subsurface Life in New Radiolytic Habitable Zone

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Marks 1,500 Sols with Dust Devil-Photobombed Selfie

NASA's Curiosity Rover Unveils Mysterious Sulfur Stones on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Captures 'Googly Eye' Eclipse on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Captures Unique Phobos Solar Eclipse on Mars

NASA Study Suggests Martian Ice Could Harbor Microbial Life

NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers Unique 'Zebra Rock' on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Rover Prepares for Challenging Ascent in Mars' Jezero Crater

Curiosity Rover Uncovers Pure Sulfur Crystals on Mars

NASA Engineers Address Dust Cover Issue on Mars Rover