Machine learning spots 8 potential technosignatures By Robert Lea published 31 January 23 Humans have five new leads in the search to find life beyond our solar system.
Unidentified aerial annoyance: Full disclosure or dubious UFO nonsense? By Leonard David published 31 January 23 The coming year will surely see a persistence of debate, discussion and disbelief regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Meteorite that crashed onto UK driveway contains the building blocks of life By Elizabeth Rayne published 18 January 23 Amino acids, the building blocks of life, have been found in the nearly pristine Winchcombe meteorite.
Why hasn't E.T. phoned Earth? Maybe aliens are waiting for the exact right moment. By Stephanie Pappas published 15 January 23 A new search for alien signals focuses on planetary transits, when exoplanets pass right in front of their suns.
Mars meteorite with organic molecules holds clues to chances of ancient life By Robert Lea published 13 January 23 Scientists have discovered a wealth of organic compounds within a Martian meteorite, which could help researchers discover if Mars could have hosted life.
NASA starts designing futuristic space telescope to hunt for alien Earths By Meghan Bartels published 13 January 23 NASA's latest flagship telescope is still in its first year of science, but the agency isn't only hard at work building its successor — it's starting to plan that next mission's successor as well.
Pentagon releases its long-awaited 2022 UFO report By Brett Tingley published 12 January 23 The ODNI's report shows that the U.S. government appears to be taking UFOs and airspace safety issues seriously.
James Webb Space Telescope notches 1st rocky planet confirmation By Sharmila Kuthunur published 12 January 23 The historic James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed its first rocky exoplanet, 41 light-years from Earth.
Curiosity rover discovers opal gems on Mars with clues to watery past By Elizabeth Rayne published 11 January 23 Opals, which contain a lot of water, have been found on Mars. They might be an indicator of past life and possibly a source of water for astronauts in the future.
Astronomers find 2nd Earth-size planet in intriguing alien solar system By Meghan Bartels published 10 January 23 NASA's leading planet-hunting spacecraft has spotted its second planet that matches Earth's size and may be able to retain liquid water — and both worlds orbit the same star.
Perseverance rover marks 1 Mars year on Red Planet By Mike Wall published 6 January 23 NASA's Perseverance rover is wrapping up its prime mission after 687 Earth days on the Red Planet.
Is there life on Mars? A NASA scientist explains in new video By Robert Lea published 30 December 22 NASA astrobiologist Heather Graham answers pressing questions about life on Mars.
Detecting life on Saturn moon Enceladus would require 100 flybys through its geyser plume, study suggests By Sharmila Kuthunur published 30 December 22 Detecting life on the icy Saturn moon of Enceladus could be achieved without even landing, but it wouldn't be easy, scientists say.
9 alien planet discoveries that were out-of-this-world in 2022 By Charles Q. Choi published 27 December 22
10 things we learned about UFOs and aliens (or the lack thereof) in 2022 By Robert Lea published 26 December 22 From investigating UFOs over Earth to using the most powerful telescope ever devised to peer into the atmosphere of alien worlds, 2022 has been a banner year in the search for extraterrestrial life.
One of the world's largest lasers could be used to detect alien warp drives By Ben Turner published 23 December 22 Scientists have proposed another use for the world's largest gravitational wave observatory: scanning for the ripples in space-time left in the wake of gargantuan alien spaceships.
James Webb Space Telescope meets the 7 intriguing exoplanets of TRAPPIST-1 By Jamie Carter published 22 December 22 A non-descript star, TRAPPIST-1, is host to seven Earth-size planets and the James Webb Space Telescope is giving astronomers a thrilling new view of these worlds.
Europa's icy crust may let more material into hidden ocean than thought By Sharmila Kuthunur published 20 December 22 New research shows that even smaller impacts can warm and soften enough ice on Jupiter's moon Europa to send material sinking into the underlying ocean.
Why haven't aliens contacted Earth? New Fermi Paradox analysis suggests we're not that interesting yet By Paul Sutter published 20 December 22
Perseverance Mars rover to start caching samples for future return to Earth By Mike Wall published 16 December 22 NASA's Perseverance rover is set to cache its first Mars sample in the next few days, kicking off a roughly month-long process that will see the robot drop 10 tubes of Red Planet material.
