A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists anywhere else besides Earth.

Our exploration of the cosmos has great potential for understanding life on Earth, but it is clear that we need to think ...

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system," according to a University of Cambridge study. Credi ...

But what is the science behind extraterrestrial life? Is it possible that humans will ever experience "first contact" with an ...

Claims for the detection of life on other planets go back decades. In the 1970s, one of the scientists working on the Viking mission to Mars claimed that his experiment had indicated there could ...

Claims for the detection of life on other planets go back decades. In the 1970s, one of the scientists working on the Viking mission to Mars claimed that his experiment had indicated there could be ...

RESEARCH FROM STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA COULD HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS ... of evidence for water. So there’s a high probability ...

it may have been snuffed out before there was time for intelligent beings, such as humans, to evolve. He suggests this has major implications for the search for life on other planets—especially ...

On other planets ... an invitation to look closer at K2-18b. If we find life there, on one of the first potentially habitable planets we’ve inspected closely, says Vickers, we’ll have to ...