A new scientific theory counters the 'hard steps' theory by suggesting that the emergence of Homo sapiens and similar ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the "natural evolutionary outcome" for our planet and likely others, according ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of diamond, and another may rain molten iron. However, not all exoplanets are ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing ...