These targets will guide observations with current and future facilities, including the James Webb Space Telescope and ...

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Astronomers have identified over 10,000 new exoplanet candidates using AI to mine TESS data, potentially tripling the known tally of alien worlds. At the same time, new research challenges long-held ...

Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals beamed from other intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. In the story, these ...

The University of Arizona is opening a new exhibit this weekend that explores one of humanity's most enduring questions: Are ...

Scientists are moving beyond the traditional "Earth twin" mindset to search for life in the universe, embracing the vast diversity of exoplanets. New research urges looking for biosignatures in a wide ...

On Earth, life thrives in some of the most seemingly inhospitable environments. Single-celled organisms like bacteria teem in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, where temperatures reach ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...

From lava tubes on Mars to ice pockets on Europa, subterranean environments may offer the best chance of finding life—and living safely—beyond our planet. “I was like, ‘OK, I'm pretty sure that ...