In 1877, an Italian astronomer mapped faint lines on Mars and called them canali, meaning channels or grooves. But the word ...

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New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered one of the most intriguing clues yet in humanity's search for life beyond Earth.

The planet Mars is home to many wonders waiting to be discovered by humans in the coming years. Experts recently discovered ...

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Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist. We spoke to him about what our descendants in future settlements on the Red ...

A new survey of hundreds of astrobiologists reveals that, despite NASA's high-profile declarations about Mars and exoplanet K2-18b, most experts do not yet think alien life has probably been found.

When a scientific controversy or breakthrough dominates headlines, press officers and journalists often quote a handful of ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the “strongest hints yet” of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...