Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, along with researchers in India and Saudi ...

Accidental contamination shows how even NASA missions can send resilient Earth microbes to other planets, risking false ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Researchers found 26 new species of bacteria in samples collected from the clean room used to ...

Specifically, scientists looked in the cleanrooms used to prepare the Phoenix Mars lander for its ... microorganisms growing in the NASA cleanrooms and discovered many of the new species had ...

NASA scientists have discovered evidence that could help answer questions surrounding the history of water loss on Mars.

Scanning electron microscopy showing the new species of microbes discovered in a NASA clean room used for the Phoenix Mars mission. | Credit: Microbiome (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s40168-025-02082-1 And ...