Scientists argue that limiting the search for life strictly to a star’s traditional habitable zone is too restrictive. That ...
Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.
American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet ...
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Super-Earth exoplanets may have built-in magnetic protection from churning magma — and that's good news for life
"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...
Alien life on a new planet “may not have DNA like humans but might walk on two legs”, experts have revealed. It follows the discovery of an extraterrestrial world around 120 light years away from ...
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...
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How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets
Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.
An ocean world that's teeming with microbes — and who knows what other kinds of life — is currently the best explanation for some chemical signatures that the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted in ...
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