NASA has selected advanced technologies to power a future space telescope designed to image Earth-like planets and search ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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

If life exists beyond Earth, water may be the first clue. Water Worlds explores the planets and moons where liquid water ...

British space scientist Dame Maggie Aderin–Pocock is sure that life is present on some other planet in the universe. Citing ...

The research is mounting up that we might not be alone in this big wide world. So what's the likelihood that aliens are out ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

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

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and a well-known BBC presenter, believes scientists will make a ...

It also pushed them to tighten their standards, especially when the conversation shifts from “interesting chemistry” to ...

It’s one of humanity’s oldest and biggest questions: are we alone in the universe? According to one of Britain’s leading ...