Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...

Aristotle's views on the nature of the cosmos dominated the Ancient Greek world. He argued that there's only one world, at ...

This video breaks down why K2-18b has become one of the most talked-about planets in the search for alien life. A team at Cambridge says its atmosphere may contain the strongest biosignature evidence ...

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When the world is full of darkness and existential threat, how can science fiction adapt? When Earth can be more frightening ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. [CLIP: The spaceship Hail Mary’s operating system (played by Priya Kansara) speaks in ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

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Stepped-up interest in UFOs also is swirling as the United States heads back toward the moon with Wednesday's launch of ...

Trump has ordered a UFO data release. But if aliens exist, what would they think of us? - For generations, human beings have ...