Thomas Mulligan explores the scientific limits and cosmic reach of Earth’s biological signals, revealing how far into the ...

Alas, it’s not a study-abroad course – yet – but exoplanets may provide insight into how life formed on Earth.

Aliens in Our Imagination: Friendly or Frightening? From the pointy ears of the Vulcans to the razor-sharp teeth of the ...

The odds of there being another intelligent life form in the Milky Way are pretty good given the billions of stars. But we ...

Detection of erythrulose shows compounds that are key to life can form in expanse between stars ...

Launching in the 2040s, the HWO telescope will search for Earth-like planets and feature swap-out instruments maintained by ...

Scientists explore the Fermi paradox, suggesting that alien civilisations may self-destruct before becoming detectable, ...

There are parts of the universe that are extremely hard to see, even for our most advanced telescopes. Gas and dust don't ...

From Nevada’s Area 51 mythology to McMinnville, Oregon’s UFO Fest, alien lore continues to turn curiosity, conspiracy, and ...

K2-18b is one of the most promising worlds for the search for extraterrestrial life, so astronomers conducted an unusually ...

A group of astronomers has detected a sugar molecule swirling inside a cloud of gas and dust near the centre of our galaxy.