JWST lacks the precision to detect life on exoplanets, and this new telescope aims to change that.

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth ...

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

A new study analyzed how NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory might be able to confidently spot biosignatures in the ...

Imagined planets, ecosystems and creatures show how diverse alien biology could become.

There is no chance in hell our species will be able to reach another Earth-like planet in the Universe in the foreseeable future, so the only way we can get a sense of the habitability of such places ...

Many have watched recently released UFO videos, but most still think the government knows more than it is saying.

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

American Religious Belief in Extraterrestrial Life (Princeton Univ., Sept.) argues that several American religious traditions ...