JWST lacks the precision to detect life on exoplanets, and this new telescope aims to change that.

Where did life on Earth come from? It is one of humanity’s oldest and most fascinating questions. For centuries, people have ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools ...

Scientists say extraterrestrial life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but vast distances, enormous energy requirements ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists argue ...

A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...

The United States government’s recent release of hundreds of previously classified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) ...