Humans may, one day, be able to inhabit other planets. Some advocates argue that remaining on only one courts disaster.

The evolution of humans on Earth may not be entirely exceptional. That is because intelligent life is likely to form if certain planetary conditions are met, a new study suggests. This idea displaces ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...

Could there be life elsewhere in the universe? In the latest sign that the answer might be yes, NASA has discovered 54 possible planets outside our solar system whose distance from their respective ...

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Source: JWST/NASA Given the immense age of the universe and staggering number of potential habitats, it is possible, if not probable, that the universe is teeming with intelligent lifeforms. First ...

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