Since Earth has survived for over 4.5 billion years, why should we consider any need to protect Earth now—assuming we can? She has survived cosmic forces, meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, ice ages, ...

In July 2017, NASA opened applications for the job of Planetary Protection Officer, a role primarily concerned with preventing contamination from Earth to other planets. What's False While the job ...

NASA has to start protecting planets better. The international treaty governing space—there is one—and the laws and regulations that follow it date back to the Cold War. That was before scientists ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --Earth's giants, the largest plant and animal species, tend to be the planet's most vulnerable. New research suggests the loss of giant species would also accelerate the degradation of ...

In the clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, scientists wear suits and masks while working on the Mars 2020 rover to avoid contamination. Credit: NASA/JPL ...

Mars Sample Return campaign makes use of an armada of hardware to collect Martian soil, rock, and atmospheric specimens for return to Earth. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Now underway is a ...

This April 22 marks the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. The power of those 20 million voices that came out on the streets that first Earth Day led the United States to create the Environmental ...

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Chevron Nigeria and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) have called for a safe environment and sustainability and protection of the earth. They spoke at the ...

This natural-color image mosaic, provided by NASA and taken in 2015, is based on data collected during two orbital passes of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and shows typhoons in ...

It's Earth Day’s 51st birthday! The first Earth Day held April 22, 1970 was marked by peaceful demonstrations by some 20 million Americans in support of environmental protection and reform. It sparked ...

Since Earth has survived for over 4.5 billion years, why should we consider any need to protect Earth now—assuming we can? She has survived cosmic forces, meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions, ice ages, ...