Finding new worlds out there is pretty exciting, right? Scientists are getting really good at spotting planets around other ...

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

The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Since its debut, "Star Trek" has introduced decades worth of new characters, locations, and alien races, but only a few ...

In 2021, a curious discovery pushed penguins into an unexpected corner of science. Researchers studying chemical signatures ...

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...