New research from Portland State University focused on identifying signs of life—biosignatures—in extreme environments here ...

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"Every new result can reshape our understanding of planets, their habitability, and our place in this universe." ...

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What if humanity's search for life on other planets returns no hits? A team of researchers led by Dr Daniel Angerhausen, a ...

"L 98-59 c could be the first planet smaller than 2 Earth radii with a definitively detected atmosphere," a team of ...

A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...

The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.

At a famous 1950 lunch among physicists, Enrico Fermi wondered, "Where are all the aliens?" How far have we come toward ...

Titan may seem like a prime candidate for alien life with its organic-rich surface and deep subsurface ocean, but new ...

A trip to planets outside our solar system could tell scientists a lot — even if no extraterrestrial life is found ...

The Search Is Ongoing . Maybe alien civilizations watch us from afar, or perhaps only microbes gather in some distant world. Every new mission and space technology fuels the hunt, ...