From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

Across astronomy and astrobiology, a quiet but profound shift is underway. Instead of assuming the galaxy teems with ...

Mars. From forming black holes to phantom dark energy, discover the cosmic mysteries astronomers uncovered last year.

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

First-year students in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered ...

A new SETI methodology focuses on detecting the "spillover" from directed interstellar communications, mirroring how we communicate with our own spacecraft, rather than relying on broad, speculative ...

Science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” And perhaps that fear is what ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

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