The search for life doesn’t have to reach distant star systems—some of the best candidates may be right here in our own solar ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

The curious minds at What If investigate what would happen if the James Webb Telescope discovered alien life, exploring the cultural, scientific, and existential shockwaves.

Tiny delays in pulsar signals measured by SETI scientists could aid the search for gravitational waves and extraterrestrial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A composite view of Mars taken by the Viking I and II probes. NASA/USGS In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible ...

A former Bank of England analyst warns that confirming alien life could trigger financial chaos, urging authorities to ...

Astrobiology Club at the University seeks to break down misconceptions of alien life and create a space for scientific discussions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...

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 ...