Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

For years, the search for alien life has focused on Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. But this episode explores a ...

Assembly Theory shifts the search for life from identifying specific molecules to measuring chemical complexity, offering a ...

In March 2026, SETI Institute researchers contributed to a wide range of conversations about our solar system and the search ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

We might have had it wrong this whole time.

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A composite view of Mars taken by the Viking I and II probes. NASA/USGS In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible ...

A new method to recognise the chemical properties of living things could help us detect alien life even if it functions differently from life on Earth. When searching for alien life, scientists ...