Latest about life from space
Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life
Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.
Beyond the habitable zone: Exoplanet atmospheres are the next clue to finding life on planets orbiting distant stars
But being in this sweet spot doesn't automatically mean a planet is hospitable to life.
Icy moons in our solar system may have boiling oceans — but life could potentially still survive
Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds.
SETI's 'Noah’s Ark' – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life
An expert dives into the history of radio astronomy and the search for life beyond our Earth.
The search for life: A space science quiz
This quiz dives into the historic and scientific journey behind the search for life in the universe—testing your knowledge of the thinkers, missions, and discoveries that shaped our cosmic curiosity.
Super-Earth less than 20 light-years away is an exciting lead in the search for life
The super-Earth exoplanet is "one of the best candidates in the search for an atmospheric signature of life."
Is there life on Saturn's moon Enceladus? New study complicates the search
"Although this doesn't rule out the possibility that Enceladus' ocean may be habitable, it does mean we need to be cautious in making that assumption just because of the composition of the plumes."
That mysterious 'Wow! signal' from space? Scientists may finally know where it came from — and it's probably not aliens
Scientists studying the famous 'Wow! signal' think they've finally pinpointed a possible origin for the baffling radio transmission detected in 1977.
