NASA Didn’t Find Aliens—but if You See Any UFOs, Holler
The agency assembled a panel of experts to figure out how to handle future sightings, in case the truth is out there. ..
The agency assembled a panel of experts to figure out how to handle future sightings, in case the truth is out there. ..
A new report lays out a modern way to search for E.T., calling for better use of big data and machine learning techniques. ..
Extreme microorganisms carpeting the Atacama Desert in Chile illuminate how life might have first taken hold on Earth’s surface. ..
How would scientists even recognize biological signs of life beyond Earth? Assembly theory proposes a way to identify molecules made by living systems—even ..
In Life on Other Planets, Aomawa Shields talks about her hunt for habitable exoplanets as a classically trained actress and one of the few Black women ..
A Sign in Space encourages the public to imagine what a real message from extraterrestrials might be like—and figure out how to interpret it. ..
Biological amino acids could have celestial or terrestrial roots. An experiment simulated their formation in deep space—but the mystery isn’t solved ..
Need to estimate, from trillions of miles away, how likely another world is to host life? There’s a flowchart for that. ..
These are tantalizing hints that microbes might have lived on Mars billions of years ago, but scientists need to study the rocks back on Earth to be sure. ..
The influential astronomer led the hunt for extraterrestrial signals and helped make the field of astrobiology what it is today. ..