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

Astronomers using the JWST discovered massive “rock clouds” made of vaporized minerals on the distant planet WASP-94A b.

Researchers discovered that life leaves behind unique statistical patterns in molecules, potentially offering a new way to ...

On Earth, a cloudy morning giving way to a clear evening is unremarkable, the kind of forecast that barely warrants a glance ...

Claims have emerged that the CIA accessed DNA databases to identify alien-human hybrids, reigniting debates on government ...

A new Nature Astronomy study warns that space missions are fixated on avoiding false alarms and may be quietly discarding ...

Scientists say amino acids produced by life are distributed differently and more diversely than amino acids produced by ...

A surprising twist has emerged in the study of astrobiology: researchers recently suggested a new way of looking for alien ...

For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking for on other planets or moons? A new study, published in Nature Astronomy, ...

The search for life beyond Earth has a new approach that relies more heavily on statistical patterns of molecules than on any one molecule's presence. For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has ...

The hunt started with a simple question: what is inside a fossil oyster that has been sitting in clay for millions of years? At first, the pieces looked rough, dirty, and almost featureless. Then the ...