The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The Milky Way ...

If confirmed, it would be the first proof of extraterrestrial life and a major leap in man's understanding of the cosmos. A hycean world. Nemes Laszlo/science Photo Library/Getty Images.

New research suggests that the thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars could hold the key to understanding whether the Red Planet ever harbored life. These layers, thought to have formed ...

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious ...

This Is the 'Strongest Evidence Yet' of Extraterrestrial Life. The molecules thought to have been found on K2-18b are only produced by life here on Earth.

Avi Loeb's new book, "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), examines evidence of an object of interstellar origin that the Harvard ...

Extraterrestrial. By Avi Loeb. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 240 pages; $27. John Murray; £20. T HE OBJECT came hurtling in from deep space, from the direction of Vega, a star 25 light-years away ...

Expectation of Extraterrestrial Life Built More on ... While these observations tend to stoke the expectation of finding Earth-like life, they do not actually provide evidence that it does ...

According to recent experiments, evidence of alien life could be preserved on the surface of Enceladus, and just a few inches below the surface of Europa.

Doubts over signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b are rising: 'This is evidence of the scientific process at work' Latest in Search for Life Alien life could survive deadly stellar radiation ...

In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists must be thoroughly open-minded. And this means a certain amount of encouragement for non-mainstream ideas and techniques.

Not all of the previous claims for evidence of extraterrestrial life involve the red planet. In 2020, Earth-based observations of Venus's atmosphere implied the presence of low levels of phosphine ...