Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

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Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive use physics and psychology to see if there is any logical way to fight back against a technologically superior visitor.

Researchers who listen for signs of non-human life say signals ‘can slip below detection thresholds, even if it’s there’ ...

Now entering the pantheon of lost-and-alone movies is “Project Hail Mary,” a hugely entertaining — and just plain huge — surprise during a depressing month that’s typically Hollywood’s dumping ground ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.