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Life on alien planets probably wouldn't experience day and night – here's how that may change evolution
Organisms on Earth living deep underground or at the bottom of the sea may give us an idea what alien life without a circadian rhythm could be like.
How AI is helping us search the universe for alien technosignatures
"It's now a part of mainstream astrophysics."
Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiraling out of control – here's why that's so dangerous
Belief in alien visitors is no longer a quirk, but a widespread societal problem. This belief is slightly paradoxical as we have zero evidence that aliens even exist.
SETI searches for alien life in over 1,000 galaxies using unexplored radio frequencies
New findings could elevate SETI into an extragalactic search for life beyond Earth.
Are we alone? Intelligent aliens may be rare, new study suggests
A new interpretation of the famous Drake equation finds little reason to be optimistic about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Planets of Milky Way's most common stars are less habitable than thought, dead NASA telescope reveals
Planets orbiting red dwarf stars may have a harder time hanging on to the conditions needed for life to arise and survive than previously thought, data from NASA's dead space telescope GALEX reveals.
The building blocks of life can form rapidly around young stars
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of how the complex building blocks of life first formed, finding dust traps around young stars could make an ideal formation location.
Signs of life could survive on solar system moons Enceladus and Europa
Signs of life could survive on the icy surfaces of Saturn's and Jupiter's moons, Enceladus and Europa, despite harsh radiation bombardment from the sun and supernovas.
