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A NASA‑linked study argues that alien probes could already be in our Solar System, but our surveys are still too crude to ...

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Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

For decades, astrobiology has been guided by one haunting question: Are we alone in the universe? The field’s mission is to test the possibility of extraterrestrial life, but the search is anything ...

Two rovers have had big breaks over the past few years in the case of whether Mars ever hosted life. Curiosity, which is exploring Gale Crater, conducted a chemistry experiment on a rock sample that ...

For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking for on other planets or moons? A new study, published in Nature Astronomy, ...