Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

What starts as a simple question about alien dinosaurs quickly becomes a deep exploration of life, evolution, and the ...

Experts have identified a hidden chemical fingerprint that may help in the decades long search for alien life in the deepest regions of the cosmos.

The first episode opens with a familiar scenario. We witness a research ship in deep space carrying unknown alien organisms suddenly having an outbreak, with the aliens killing most of the crew. But ...

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The story of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the European Space Agency's Philae spacecraft just got a whole hell of a lot more interesting. After a semi-botched landing resulting in the spacecraft ...

NASA's hunt for alien life may be undermined by its own instruments, according to a group of leading astrobiologists who warn that current tools and mission designs are likely missing subtle, but ...

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What do I look like, a scientist? Don’t ask me. But these guys seem pretty excited. “It’s almost too amazing to believe,” one says. (Don’t miss the final and maybe most important sentence: “Despite ...