Here's how NASA and Europe will bring Mars samples back to Earth (video) By Andrew Jones published 1 December 22 A new video shows how a team of NASA and European Space Agency spacecraft plan to relay Martian rock samples to Earth.
Search for possible sign of life in Venus' clouds comes up empty By Andrew Jones published 30 November 22 The aircraft-borne SOFIA telescope could not find signs of a compound possibly linked to biological activity during observations of Venus' atmosphere.
Mars: Everything you need to know about the Red Planet By Charles Q. Choi last updated 29 November 22 Reference Mars, the fourth planet from the sun is famed for its rusty red appearance. Here we explore the Red Planet in more detail and see why scientists find it so intriguing.
James Webb Space Telescope reveals alien planet's atmosphere like never before By Tereza Pultarova published 22 November 22 The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed an exoplanet's atmosphere in unprecedented detail, allowing scientists to understand the planet's past and test methods for detecting alien life.
Surprise finding at Arctic vent site could help in the search for extraterrestrial life By Sharmila Kuthunur published 21 November 22 A vent deep under the Arctic ice is surprisingly similar to what may occur on Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus.
3.5 billion-year-old rock structures are one of the oldest signs of life on Earth By Stephanie Pappas published 14 November 22 Fossils called stromatolites from Western Australia were created by microbes 3.48 billion years ago.
Wow! Geminid Meteor Shower and Comet 46P Dazzle Skywatchers (Photos) By Hanneke Weitering last updated 11 November 22
What's that smell? Broccoli emits gas that could signal presence of alien life By Elizabeth Rayne published 8 November 22 Broccoli, algae and many other plants and microbes on Earth purge toxins by morphing them into gases that might be present in exoplanet atmospheres, signaling life.
James Webb Space Telescope could search for 'laughing gas' to find alien life By Keith Cooper published 8 November 22 An alternative biosignature on alien planets could be the same chemical that makes laughing gas.
James Webb Space Telescope could help hunt for habitable alien worlds By Robert Lea published 7 November 22 A computer simulation of TRAPPIST-1e shows how the James Webb Space Telescope could help the search for habitable alien worlds.
Scientists are working on an official 'alien contact protocol' for when ET phones Earth By Isobel Whitcomb last updated 7 November 22 We're unprepared for when E.T. reaches out to us. A team of experts is determined to change that.
Most UFOs are 'Chinese surveillance' drones and 'airborne clutter,' Pentagon officials reveal By Brandon Specktor published 4 November 22 The U.S. government has officially started to explain some of the most infamous UFO encounters of the last decade, with China and weather balloons as top offenders.
There aren't actually UFOs over Ukraine, experts say By Brandon Specktor last updated 4 November 22 A recent report about pitch-black "phantom" UFOs in the skies over Ukraine has been discredited by Ukrainian scientists and by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
NASA has a life-detecting instrument ready to fly to Europa or Enceladus By Keith Cooper published 31 October 22 OWLS, the Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor, would autonomously search for life on the icy moons of the outer solar system.
Extremophiles on Mars could survive for hundreds of millions of years By Keith Cooper published 25 October 22 Experiments have shown how the world's hardiest microbe could endure freezing, dry and irradiated conditions on Mars.
NASA UFO study team includes former astronaut, scientists and more By Mike Wall published 21 October 22 NASA's highly anticipated UFO study is about to begin, and we now know who will conduct it.
Mars rover Perseverance gearing up to cache samples for future return to Earth By Mike Wall published 21 October 22 Perseverance has socked away 14 drilled-out Mars rock cores to date — two apiece from seven target rocks — and it will likely drop half of them in a "depot" in November or December.
If aliens have visited the solar system, here's how to find clues they left By Paul Sutter published 12 October 22 In a new paper, scientists outline how we can look for clues any alien visitors to our solar system may have left behind.
How to use the James Webb Space Telescope to hunt for life around white dwarfs By Paul Sutter published 11 October 22 Many white dwarfs host planets that may lie within the habitable zones of those stars and may even support life. Now, scientists have outlined how to hunt for that possible life.
'Pale blue dot' planets like Earth may make up only 1% of potentially habitable worlds By Keith Cooper published 4 October 22 Earth's delicate balance of land and water might be a cosmic rarity, with a new model suggesting that most planets are landlocked desert worlds.
