Humanity may be one step closer to finally answering the question of whether we're alone in the cosmos with a definitive "no." A team of astronomers said it has found signs of what could be ...

If this hasn’t sent you into a bit of an existential spiral, they assure that it’s unlikely that we are the only ones out ...

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Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" around white dwarf stars When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Could alien life be hiding just 120 light-years away? That’s the question raised by a new study led by Professor Nikku Madhusudhan of the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy. Published on ...

A megacorporation's research ship returns from a 65-year mission into deep space loaded with gooey alien specimens. But—and stop me if you've heard this one before—something goes wrong. The ship ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified what they describe as the most compelling evidence so far for biological activity beyond Earth. The findings focus on the ...