The term ‘planetary protection’ may sound like something out of science fiction or like the measures used to stop an alien invasion of Earth. According to NASA, planetary protection is the process of defending the Earth from prospective life forms that could conceivably resurface from...
Tag - Mars
Yes, we do have pieces of Mars on Earth. As bizarre as it may sound, it is actually true! We often believe that since the planets are so far apart, they don’t usually swap material. The Solar System is a violent environment, full of asteroid and comet collisions. Yet planets are too large...