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

The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and ...

It might or might not be the smell of aliens, but dimethyl sulfide — and its funky odor — definitely gets around ...

"Until we can separate these signals more clearly, we have to be especially careful not to misinterpret them as signs of life ...

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

Last month, astronomers claimed to have found the strongest evidence ever of alien life on a distant exoplanet named K2-18 b.

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

Well, Europa (a moon of Jupiter) and Enceladus (a moon of Saturn) both have subsurface oceans beneath their icy crusts. Thes ...

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.

An astonishing new claim that we have finally discovered “alien life” has left the space world reeling. The world of ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

Efforts are underway to search for extraterrestrial life. Imagine how amped this search could be if we applied advanced AI ...