Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Astrobiology Club at the University seeks to break down misconceptions of alien life and create a space for scientific discussions.

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

Language and radio signals may not matter to aliens. Instead, they might be using patterns to leave a biological fingerprint.

For decades, astronomers have chased fleeting hints that something alive might be lurking beyond Earth, only to watch each ...

The sheer scale of Carrazco-Gaxiola’s survey, titled “An All-Sky Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of More Than 2,100 K Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs Using High-Resolution Spectra,” is what sets it apart.

The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the ...

Blue Origin will use a flight-proven booster on the next launch of its New Glenn rocket. The liftoff, which is targeted for ...

NASA has compiled a list of seven science-fiction movies it deems the most scientifically accurate in portraying space, alien ...

Yet another Minneapolis individual was fatally shot this month. He has since been ID'd as an ICU nurse named Alex Pretti.

Researchers across biology, philosophy, and AI are split on what counts as a mind—and whether today’s systems qualify.