A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new paper.

Astronomer Jill Tarter has been scanning the skies for signals from intelligent aliens for the past 35 years, but now she's making a career change. Tarter, the inspiration for heroine Ellie Arroway in ...

Humans should look to planetary alignments outside of the solar system when searching for signatures of extraterrestrial communications, scientists say. The nascent search for radio transmissions from ...

As global curiosity rises following the recent 3i/Atlas alien discussions, a scientist has suggested that humanity may be looking in the wrong direction for signs of extraterrestrial life. Professor ...

Could finding life in alien oceans be harder than previously thought? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers from the ...

“Mr. Chair, the truth is out there.” That’s what Rep. Nate Davidson, D-Cumberland and Dauphin said during a Tuesday Pa. House ...