JWST lacks the precision to detect life on exoplanets, and this new telescope aims to change that.

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In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

The curious minds at What If have explored the discovery of a planet that could potentially host alien life.

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Scientists say extraterrestrial life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but vast distances, enormous energy requirements ...

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 ...

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Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.