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Why This Astronomer Thinks We're on the Cusp of Finding Signs of Alien Life
Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell, talks exoplanets, telescopes, and first contact.
Scientists Think a Glowing Ice Moon Can Help In the Search for Alien Life
“The night-time ice glow occurring on Europa may be very unique and unlike any other phenomenon in our Solar System,” according to a new study.
'Pristine' Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds Found on Meteorite That Fell on Frozen Lake
The finding can help shed light on the origin of life on Earth, which might have been spurred in part by the delivery of organic compounds inside meteorites like Hamburg.
NASA Landed a Probe on an Ancient Asteroid and Took a Sample In First for U.S.
"A piece of primordial rock that has witnessed our solar system’s entire history may now be ready to come home for generations of scientific discovery,” said a NASA scientist of the U.S.'s first attempt to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
A Weird Chemical on Venus Hints at Possible ‘Presence of Life,’ Study Says
The detection of phosphine is “not robust evidence for life” on Venus, scientists say, but a biological origin for the signature has not been ruled out yet.
Scientists Cataloged 'One of Everything' in the Universe to Hunt Aliens
The new "Exotica Catalog" from Breakthrough Listen aims to accelerate the search for alien life by providing a catalog of every known object type in the observable universe.
Trump's Plan to Mine the Moon Is Just Lunar Capitalism Virtue Signalling
Trump thinks of outer space as the realm of "rich guys," and his push to mine the Moon is no different from his support for industrial extraction on Earth, even if it isn't feasible for decades to come.
A Key Ingredient for Life Has Been Found on an ‘Extraterrestrial Source,’ Scientists Report
This is the first time a complete protein has been discovered on an object from space, if the study's results are confirmed.
The Next Generation of Super-Sensitive Alien Hunting Telescopes Is Coming
Scientists are building enormous new radio arrays capable of hearing leaks from alien broadcasts, if they exist.
NASA Is Going to Test Drive an Alien-Hunting Robot in Antarctica
BRUIE, a submersible that drives upside-down under sea ice, may one day explore extraterrestrial seas on Europa or Enceladus for signs of life.
Astronomers Around the World Can Now Use China’s Alien-Hunting Telescope
It was previously only available to Chinese astronomers.
Sorry, That Blunt-Shaped Interstellar Object Was Not an Alien Spaceship
While an alien explanation for 'Omuamua can't be ruled out, a new study concludes it is more likely natural in origin.