If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to recognize biology may no longer be enough.

Pandora, a compact 325-kilogram spacecraft, boasts a novel 45-centimetre all-aluminium telescope developed with Lawrence ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

Carole Haswell receives funding from STFC. We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of these is whether Earth is the ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. Adrian Dyer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Alexander von ...

Language and radio signals may not matter to aliens. Instead, they might be using patterns to leave a biological fingerprint.

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...

In case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Contradictory statement regarding the likelihood of alien life existing, we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic ...

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...