Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Recent discoveries and new research are forcing scientists to rethink what alien life might actually be like. Instead of ...

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

For decades, scientists have tried to turn the question of alien life from late-night speculation into something you can ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

A former senior analyst for The Bank of England warned the bank to prepare for alien contact, citing the United States' ...

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 ...

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, you're a large object like a moon or a planet; scientists suspect you also ...

After reviewing almost 30 years of signals, University of California Berkeley researchers have identified 100 mysterious, ...

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 ...