January brought a wide range of thoughtful science conversations featuring researchers from the SETI Institute, spanning everything from hands-on planetary defense with citizen scientists to careful ...

Our universe does host life, but another one might be even better suited for life. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers are studying how hospitable our universe is to ...

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High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for potential alien life elsewhere. Saturn's moon Enceladus (shown here in a 2006 ...

HE’S here to talk about the UFOs… you know, the ones in the forest,” I hear a few of the bar staff whisper. There are no tin-foil hats in sight, no newspaper clippings nor ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

Avi Loeb warns 3I/ATLAS's symmetrical jets defy comet norms, hinting at possible tech. Hubble data and expert debate fuel the mystery.

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This article ...

Carole Haswell receives funding from STFC. We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of these is whether Earth is the ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. Adrian Dyer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Alexander von ...