Search for Life Archive
26 June 2012, 03:31 PM ET
Agency will host first social media meetup to watch Mars Curiosity rover landing on August 6
25 June 2012, 04:46 PM ET
The Curiosity rover will attempt an unprecedented landing on the night of Aug. 5.
25 June 2012, 04:05 PM ET
The famous "Wow! signal," a radio transmission that may or may not have been beamed toward Earth by aliens, will soon receive a reply from humanity.
25 June 2012, 10:13 AM ET
Do you believe alien life exists elsewhere in the universe?
25 June 2012, 09:34 AM ET
Religion survived Copernicus and Darwin, after all.
25 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The ratio of hydrogen to methane could be key, a new study says.
23 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
China's successful manned mission to space and the possibility of finding the 'God' particle are just some of this week's big space headlines.
23 June 2012, 06:22 AM ET
See the most amazing space images of the week, including China's mission to space and Mickey Mouse on Mercury.
22 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
SETICon 2 meets this weekend in Santa Clara, Calif.
21 June 2012, 02:01 PM ET
The two exoplanets come within five Earth-moon distances of each other.
19 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The planets were found using a small ground-based telescope in Arizona.
18 June 2012, 06:42 PM ET
The structure could be the imprint of our local interstellar neighborhood.
18 June 2012, 12:39 PM ET
Scientists used icy Austrian caves as stand-ins for the Red Planet.
17 June 2012, 09:02 AM ET
See the most amazing space images of the week, including a robot space plane landing and amazing galaxy line-up.
17 June 2012, 08:40 AM ET
China's first female astronaut launch and the U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B mission are just some of this week's big space headlines.
13 June 2012, 01:01 PM ET
Small, rocky planets may be quite common throughout the galaxy, a new study suggests.
11 June 2012, 03:25 PM ET
Researchers don't think the problem will significantly affect the Curiosity rover's mission.
10 June 2012, 09:23 AM ET
See images of Venus crossing the sun and more in the best photos for the week of June 2, 2012.
10 June 2012, 09:16 AM ET
From complete coverage of Venus crossing the sun to a New York space shuttle, it's been an unforgettable week in space.
08 June 2012, 03:25 PM ET
Scientists will give a status update on the Curiosity rover and its landing plans.
08 June 2012, 01:42 PM ET
A spiral of light was witnessed by thousands in the Middle East Thursday evening. What was it?
04 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The space telescope would observe the event in sunlight bouncing off Jupiter.
03 June 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Astronomers around the world will take advantage of the historic event.
02 June 2012, 07:25 AM ET
From complete coverage of SpaceX splashing down in the Pacific to John Glenn awarded the Medal of Freedom, it's been a thrilling week in space.
02 June 2012, 06:56 AM ET
See'Big Bird' on the sun and more in the best photos for the week of June 2, 2012.
