"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...

SETI has announced a major expansion in its search for extraterrestrial intelligence, now scanning distant galaxies for signs ...

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Astronomers have identified sulfur as a potentially crucial indicator in narrowing the search for life on other planets.

Scientists have long overlooked white dwarfs as hosts for habitable exoplanets, assuming their lack of fusion would make life ...

If so, that has important effects for life throughout the universe. It suggests that life might have been likely to form ...

Explore how new research suggests that intelligent life may emerge naturally under favorable conditions over time.

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the "natural evolutionary outcome" for our planet and likely others, according ...

Dark oxygen, a newly identified form of oxygen, raises questions about life in extreme environments and its implications for ...

NASA has worked on its own first contact protocols, conducting a 2024 workshop event about how best to communicate the ...

A new chemotaxis-based method could revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life by detecting microbes movement on Mars ...