In the next decade, space agencies will expand the search for extraterrestrial life beyond Mars, where all of our astrobiology…
Since time immemorial, humans have gazed up at the stars and wondered if we’re alone in the universe. We have…
A new study considers how future astrobiology studies could search for life "as we don't know it" on exoplanets.
A team of physicists have discovered that the environment of a molecular cloud in interstellar space can support the existence…
Astronomers are currently searching for signs of life in the "habitable zones" of nearby stars, which is defined as the…
25 years ago, the film Contact made its theatrical debut starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey and told the story…
There are many ways that the James Webb Space Telescope could search for life. Here are four promising ones.
A team of astronomers have proposed to hunt for signs of life by looking for the signature of nitrous oxide…
It takes a watery world to support life as we know it, but it also takes a special bit extra.
New research from Standford University has found an explanation for the most prominent features on Europa, based on similar featured…