A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

The search for alien life often sparks the imagination with images of extraterrestrial beings and strange worlds. However, a ...

Cassini data reveal how Saturn’s moon Enceladus leaks enough heat to keep its buried ocean warm and potentially habitable ...

Researchers have created the first color key of sky-dwelling microbes to help detect signs of alien life in the clouds of ...

Researchers and astronomers have consistently detected the presence of organic molecules in space, hinting at life's ...

An exoplanet completely or densely covered by clouds could aid astronomers in their search for signs of life beyond Earth. Cloudy skies may spoil a picnic or block a view of the stars through a ...

Iron rusts. On Earth, this common chemical reaction often signals the presence of something far more interesting than just ...

Scientists at Durham University are helping to develop a new type of camera intended to help search for life on distant ...

When the James Webb Space Telescope detected potential biosignatures in the atmosphere of K2-18 b last year, the discovery ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In the late 1800s Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli pointed a telescope at Mars ...

The Xenomorphs are returning once again. FX has renewed Alien: Earth for a second season which will begin production next ...