A thick shell "implies a longer route that oxygen and nutrients would have to travel to connect Europa’s surface with its ...

When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

After reviewing almost 30 years of signals, University of California Berkeley researchers have identified 100 mysterious, ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

The Bank of England has been urged by former senior analyst Helen McCaw to prepare for the possibility of extraterrestrial ...

A former senior analyst for The Bank of England warned the bank to prepare for alien contact, citing the United States' ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A composite view of Mars taken by the Viking I and II probes. NASA/USGS In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible ...

When it comes to the search for extraterrestrial life, research focuses on the so-called habitable zone of stars. This may ...