Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

The search for alien life often sparks the imagination with images of extraterrestrial beings and strange worlds. However, a new theory is shifting the focus—what if life elsewhere in the universe ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...

Amid a new wave of interest in the possibility of life on other worlds, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and NASA embarked on a new effort to identify planets with the basic compounds for life ...

As far as underwhelming headlines go: "No Alien Life Found on Comet" must rank very close to the top. An article with this title appeared in the Guardian on July 6 in response to a story claiming that ...

Movile Cave in Romania has evolved independently since it was cut off from the air and sunlight 5.5 million years ago. Its extreme environment seems inhospitable to most life on Earth. Yet, this place ...