For years, scientists believed mysterious radio signals came from aliens. However, a breakthrough reveals they originate from ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur dioxide may help in identifying uninhabitable planets. Large amounts of sulfur dioxide in a planet's atmosphere suggest that the planet is inhospitable.

Scientists have discovered two enigmatic icy objects in deep space that defy explanation. Unlike typical interstellar ice ...

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur may be a key to helping us narrow down our search for life on other planets. It's not that sulfur is a great indication that a planet is inhabited. Instead, ...

The project aims to scan the night sky to search for an unmistakable "smoking gun" proving the existence of an extraterrestrial civilization.

Red dwarfs are of particular interest because they are the most common type of star in the galaxy, and many nearby systems, such as Proxima Centauri and TRAPPIST-1, host planets around red dwarfs ...

While we are mere months away from the release of the first Alien TV series, Alien: Earth has kept us wondering about its ...