Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers have so far identified over 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, only a ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder ...

Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond our planet.

The headlines said we might have found alien life — but the reality is far more complicated. Scientists detected a possible biosignature on K2-18b, a distant exoplanet 124 light-years away, but the ...

New research shows many people vastly underestimate other people's beliefs in extraterrestrial life. Is social stigma keeping ...

The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.

Scientists are turning their attention closer to home, investigating unexpected locations within our solar system for signs ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...