extraterrestrial life
Ultra-Cool Dwarf Stars May Host Planets With Ultra-Cool Life
By looking for systems with smaller and cooler stars, scientists discovered TRAPPIST-1a, the most promising candidate for alien life so far.
Massive Telescope Will Be Upgraded to Study the Nearest Exoplanets to Earth
Proxima b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system. Now the Very Large Telescope will look for its neighbors.
How Water Bears and Gardening on Mars Could Save Us from Extinction
A fascinating new book by an astrobiologist sheds light on the search for extraterrestrial life.
This Woman Can Tell You Who's Really Been Abducted By Aliens and Who's Faking It
Myriame Belmyr runs alien abductee organization CERO-France.
2017 Will Be the Year We Decide Whether to Put a Call Out to Aliens
Those in favor of reaching out believe if these unfriendly life forms are out there, and have the scientific advancement to travel to us, they would have already been able to find us.
We Talked to a Controversial Quebec Professor About His Search for Aliens
Scientists don't love the idea of someone speculating they may have found an alien civilization.
Who Needs a Sun? Alien Life Could Survive Off of Cosmic Rays
We might not need to look for a “Goldilocks” planet after all.
We Asked Alien Experts Who They'd Want as President if UFOs Landed
The president of the United States normally has a lot of responsibility, but if aliens arrive, he or she could end up deciding the literal fate of humanity.
Why Jupiter’s Moon Europa Is the Best Candidate For Finding Life Off Earth
Scientists think they saw vapour plumes spewing from its surface.
Meet the Woman Who Pioneered Our Search for Aliens
When Jill Tarter enrolled in the engineering program at Cornell, she was the only woman in her classes. Since then, the radio astronomer has become the public face of the systematic search for extraterrestrial life—and had Jodie Foster play her in a...
Did This Russian Space Telescope Just Detect Signs of Alien Life?
RATAN-600 received a very strong radio signal from distant star HD 164595, about 95 light-years from Earth. Was it aliens? Look, probably not. But still...
The Language of Aliens Will Always Be Indecipherable
We will never have more than a few seconds to understand or even notice our millions of neighbors.