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Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth – but are we prepared for the fallout if they succeed?

Margaret E. Kosal, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dayana Alagirova, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano,…

byDayana Alagirova

September 14, 2026