Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That observation, attributed to ...

Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Compared to previous theories, the current research emphasizes the complexity of the biological and chemical processes that brought about life.

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

What: SETI Institute Artists-in-Residence present Exoplanetary Poetry, an art-science collaboration that trains artificial intelligence on exoplanet atmospheric chemi ...

The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the "Moth," just 117 light-years away.

Just as space aliens might benefit from a society rooted in Jewish ideals, so too might humans benefit from the encounter ...

New research reveals that elephant trunk whiskers are unlike any other animal's, and could inspire a new generation of robots.

Elon Musk had some bizarre things to say at a recent xAI meeting. - Hakan Nural/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images And in an unusual move, xAI posted the entire 45-minute meeting online. No time to watch ...