In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

For decades, astronomers have chased fleeting hints that something alive might be lurking beyond Earth, only to watch each ...

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after ...

Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

The Bank of England has been urged by former senior analyst Helen McCaw to prepare for the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...