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The existence of alien life on planet K2-18b, located 124 light years away, is under scrutiny following recent claims of ...

Under a cloud of incense smoke, a group of men and women in a village in northern Greece swayed slowly to the music before ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

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Claims for the detection of life on other planets go back decades. Here's why you should still be skeptical despite recent discoveries.

In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they'd found a molecule in a faraway planet's atmosphere that ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

In this case, they are taking information from a new study that was published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters and using ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

Analysis of swabs from China's Tiangong Space Station has revealed a new strain of bacteria sporting new adaptations for ...