Alien life might not be based on carbon, which forms the backbone of all life’s essential molecules – at least here on Earth.

The "unintentional electromagnetic leakage" from airport radars and military radar systems can be "detectable across ...

"Our work supports both the scientific quest to answer the question 'Are we alone?' and practical efforts to manage the ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, but does that mean they could host ...

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

However, light that leaves our star also contains UVC radiation, which has a shorter wavelength than UVA or UVB light and ...

One of humanity's most incessant searches in recent times is for evidence of extraterrestrial life, or, in other words, the ...

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 strong possibility exists that extraterrestrial life can be found on a planet known as K2-18b located 120 light-years away. Here's what to know about the discovery and the ongoing search for life.

Short of an alien radio message, spectra of chemicals produced exclusively by living things—called biosignatures—may be the only evidence of life we can collect from planets light-years away.

Is there alien life on K2-18b? A strong possibility exists that extraterrestrial life can be found on a distant exoplanet known as K2-18b.. Using observations from NASA’s James Webb Space ...