New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping argues as much, and his “Eschatian Hypothesis” reimagines the way ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

Pandora, a compact 325-kilogram spacecraft, boasts a novel 45-centimetre all-aluminium telescope developed with Lawrence ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp.

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Explore how astronomers aim to identify signs of alien life by analysing the atmospheres of distant exoplanets through ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is ...

NASA’s Pandora mission will study exoplanet atmospheres by separating star light from planet signals, helping scientists learn which distant worlds may have air, water, and signs of life ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him both ...

According to a recent study, advanced extraterrestrial communication may not rely on radio waves, but rather on subtle, ...