The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if the James Webb Space Telescope actually discovered alien life.

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if we found alien life on Enceladus.

Astronomers have sharply revised down the mass of nearby super Earth GJ 3378b, dramatically improving its prospects as a ...

A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, ...

A newly discovered and potentially habitable exoplanet scientists are calling Earth’s “next-door neighbor” could be the next ...

Using emerging radio techniques refined during and after the Second World War, the astronomers detected a powerful radio ...

Astronomers have identified GJ 3378b, a super-Earth located 25 light-years away, in the habitable zone of its star, raising ...

A set of protocols telling scientists what to do – and what not to do – if they ever detect evidence of intelligent life ...

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...