Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

Scientists hunting for extraterrestrial life believe alien civilisations may indeed be attempting to contact Earth, but ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That observation, attributed to ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.

A look at how local resource use, material innovation, and autonomous construction are enabling practical habitat development ...

Guillermo Ernesto Eleazar Cuerva, professionally known as Gil Cuerva, was born on August 21, 1995. He turns 31 before the end of the year. In a profile written by the late Ricky Lo in May 2017 for The ...

The universe is a place of unimaginable beauty and wonder—shimmering galaxies that dance across the cosmic stage, nebulae ...

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

We may be missing alien radio signals because they have become smeared beyond the narrowband detectors that SETI utilizes, a new study suggests.

Asteroids with tiny moons may be quietly trading material across space. Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed faint ...

Earthlings, brace yourselves: the galaxy may be emptier than your last Tinder date. According to a new study, any alien ...