Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b ...

A new philosophical paper argues that consciousness may not be exclusive to life as we know it. According to Eric ...

A new analysis of ancient rocks on Mars has revealed organic carbon compounds that may provide new clues about the planet’s ...

Researchers want to explore the idea that microscopic particles shed by alien civilizations have accumulated on the lunar ...

An artist's impression of the Habitable Worlds Observatory that will search spectroscopically for biosignatures on exoplanets. . | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab.

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of biology because they are often produced by living microbes. However, ...

A NASA image of the moon has sparked theories of aliens after a mysterious object was spotted hovering above the lunar ...

Astronomers are counting down to using the new Roman Space Telescope to scan the Milky Way for alien moons that might be ...

MICROSCOPES revolutionised the study of life on Earth. Now a rugged, easy-to-use instrument is aiming to be equally influential in the search for alien life in locations such as the oceans beneath the ...

IF ANYONE, or anything, is watching the human activity on Earth from a distance they must notice that we are trying to return the compliment. Using many novel techniques, we are combing through the ...