For generations, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has captivated humanity. On Mars, faint traces in ancient ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, but what if the red planet actually delivered life to Earth in the first place?

The goal should be a new golden rule linking the search for life elsewhere to the spread of life beyond the bounds of Earth.

If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...