On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Lichen from the Mojave Desert has stunned scientists by surviving months of lethal UVC radiation, suggesting life could exist on distant planets orbiting volatile stars. The secret? A microscopic ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, Does that mean these planets could ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien ...

A walk in the desert and a curious discovery could have revealed that the secrets of alien life grow in the harshest ...

New research says that the search for extraterrestrial life may be too narrow, as life could thrive in conditions far different from Earth's.

A warm afternoon on ancient Mars lasted about as long as a Silicon Valley internship. That is the sobering conclusion of a ...

The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists have turned to Earth-like ...

A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting that ozone protection might not be required for life on exoplanets.

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

The UK’s VERVE mission to hunt for microbial life in Venus’s clouds could redefine the search for extraterrestrial life.

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...