A new estimate of the number of habitable planets orbiting the most common type of stars in our galaxy could have huge consequences for the search for life. According to a recent study, tens of ...

A new paper suggests that BARSOOM may have been alive on the planet, and was killed in the Viking experiments.

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But what would happen if we actually ...

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

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 ...

Is water enough to find alien life? New research reveals phosphorus and nitrogen are crucial. Discover the 'chemical ...

There might be many more planets that could be home to aliens than we thought, according to a new study. For years, scientists have searched for life in the “habitable” or “goldilocks” zone – where it ...

Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.

In Carlsbad Caverns, researchers found glowing cyanobacteria that thrive in darkness, suggesting new ways to search for alien ...

"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...