SETI may have missed alien signals for 60 years because stellar plasma smears transmissions into noise, a new Astrophysical ...

A research report argues that NASA's planned lunar base project should include a bioconfinement facility that would protect ...

A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.

We're still in the definition phase of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), but it seems like every week a new research ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi adventure-mystery about the possibility of aliens on Earth stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo Tyson has “no reason to doubt” there’s non-human species out in ...

Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...