Recent observations suggest that scientists have identified potential microbial fingerprints in the atmospheres of other ...

NASA uses a seven-step “confidence of life detection” scale to verify alien discoveries, requiring multiple layers of ...

Is 3I/Atlas an alien spacecraft or just a really interesting rock hurling through the cosmos? That debate has been raging ...

Scientists have been searching for radio signals from hypothetical alien civilizations using radio telescopes for decades.

The evidence that an ocean-covered moon orbiting around Saturn could support life just got a little stronger. Enceladus, a small moon harboring a vast ocean beneath its icy surface, has long been ...

Radio astronomy opened up the universe for scientists. They could map new elements across galaxies and also search for ...

The discovery of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS coincides with SETI's proposed new post-detection rules—raising public fears of censorship and debate over who controls information about alien contact.

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 ...

The persistent human fascination with extraterrestrial life and the fundamental question of whether we are alone in the universe has driven countless investigations, theories, and debates throughout ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for extraterrestrial life more than any ...