We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines ...

Scientists discover desert microbes that produce gases which could help detect life in alien atmospheres beyond oxygen-based ...

Scientists have developed an 'agnostic biosignature' method to search for extraterrestrial life by identifying statistical patterns in traits across many planets. The approach assumes life can spread ...

This not-so-little piece of equipment could change astronomy forever. And it could be about to find alien life. Maybe in a ...

Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae – clouds of ...

Earth is dotted with humongous, human-made structures that, to an alien eye, may be tell-tale signs of intelligent goings-on.