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Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Life in our solar system could exist on Europa or Enceladus, proving alien life may be common in the universe.

When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

Musk compared consciousness to a candle in a “vast darkness" during remarks about aliens at the World Economic Forum in Davos ...

When it comes to the search for extraterrestrial life, research focuses on the so-called habitable zone of stars. This may ...

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), in collaboration with astrophysicists from the ...

Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...

A former senior analyst for The Bank of England warned the bank to prepare for alien contact, citing the United States' ...