extraterrestrial life

An illustration of two water-rich exoplanets with hazy atmospheres

Planets & Stars

Johns Hopkins Scientists Create ‘Alien Haze’ In Lab With Hopes Of Finding Habitable ExoplanetsNovember 28, 2023

Sketch of Earth

Dinosaur-Era Earth Offers Clues To Finding Alien Life On ExoplanetsNovember 6, 2023

Venus, a scorching wasteland of a planet according to scientists, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found

Planets & Stars

Did Venus Harbor Life? Plate Tectonics Theory Shakes AssumptionsNovember 1, 2023

A new study leverages the NASA Exoplanet Archive and planetary system simulations to make narrowband SETI searches more efficient

Extraterrestrial Life

Redefining Search For Alien Life: SETI’s Revolutionary Technosignature CriteriaOctober 31, 2023

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used two different cameras to create this selfie in front of Mont Mercou, a rock outcrop that stands 20 feet tall.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Mars Once Flowed With Habitable RiversOctober 25, 2023

I-LOFAR telescope array

Extraterrestrial Life

Astrophysicists Scanning Universe For ‘Technosignatures’ To Find Extraterrestrial LifeOctober 25, 2023

A view from the summit of Volcán Salín, one of three Andean volcanoes where researchers uncovered the mummified cadavers of mice.

Mice On Mars? Mummified Remains Suggest Some Mammals Could Survive On Red PlanetOctober 24, 2023

Side view of the ejecta curtain created during a hypervelocity impact experiment at the NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range.

Ceres Reveals Its Secrets: NASA Studies Suggest Intrinsic Origin Of Organic MoleculesOctober 16, 2023

This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in preparation for the rover's first attempt to collect a sample.

Extraterrestrial Life

‘Holy Grail Of Astrobiology’: Groundbreaking AI-Based Tech Can Confirm Extraterrestrial Life With 90% AccuracySeptember 26, 2023

Planet Mars in the distant past. With the oceans.

Did Mars once have a massive ocean? New study says yes!September 20, 2023