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If alien life exists, its absence from our instruments may have several very different explanations. The longer the silence continues, the more interesting the mystery becomes.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prof. Sara Seager addressed a gathering of Northwestern physicists Thursday to share ...

As missions search for extraterrestrial life, scientists and policymakers must consider how discovery could reshape science, ...

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Using AI and electrical signals, researchers could finally learn whether distant worlds are home to other living beings ...

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Life thrives in the open air and water where it has access to sunshine and a bounty of nutrients, but it also thrives where you wouldn't expect.

Space is full of electromagnetic radiation like radio signals, but those signals are usually coming from stars or black holes ...

Daily Mail's Wiliam Hunter travelled to the Tabernas Desert to see how ESA and Airbus are getting ready for what could be the ...