New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in ...

The search for life isn’t limited to distant exoplanets—some of the most promising candidates may be right here in our own ...

Scientists have discovered natural space weather stations that exist around distant stars because these stations can ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known ...

While there’s no single accepted definition of life, scientists agree on some of the key clues. Gases like oxygen, carbon dioxide and methane in a planet’s atmosphere can serve as possible indicators ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

Proxima b the closest known exoplanet to Earth has sparked new interest in the search for life beyond our solar system Its ...

Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond ...

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers ...