Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...

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One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

Recent developments in astrobiology have sparked global intrigue as scientists report the detection of a potential alien life signal emanating from a star system 120 light-years away. This discovery ...

Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had ...

Science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” And perhaps that fear is what ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

Hidden within Cassiopeia A, the youngest known exploded star in our galaxy, astronomers have found surprisingly high levels of chlorine and potassium. These elements carry an odd number of protons in ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...