From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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British space scientist Dame Maggie Aderin–Pocock is sure that life is present on some other planet in the universe. Citing the sheer number of cosmic bodies and galaxies, she says there has to be ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

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Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

According to a new scientific hypothesis, alien civilisations may only become detectable at the moment of their collapse.

In the many decades of NASA exploration, there has only been one detection that got on that scale. It was collected by the ...

Mars. From forming black holes to phantom dark energy, discover the cosmic mysteries astronomers uncovered last year.

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In late November, Kelly (D-Ariz.) and five other Congressmen who have served in the military participated in a 90-second ...