Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

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New telescopic technologies are offering insights into whether exoplanets host life, focusing on atmospheric gas analysis.

Kepler-452b, a super-Earth orbiting a sun-like star just 1,400 light-years away, has emerged as a prime candidate for harboring alien life. Despite high hopes and predictions that we could discover ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

Decades ago, a spacecraft suggested Saturn's largest moon, Titan, had an ocean. New observations suggest that the liquid may look more like slush. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

As far as underwhelming headlines go: "No Alien Life Found on Comet" must rank very close to the top. An article with this title appeared in the Guardian on July 6 in response to a story claiming that ...