We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...
autoevolution

Telescope Uses Ripples in Space-Time to Detect a Huge Planet for the First Time

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revealed a distant planet located 40,000 light-years away using microlensing for the first time.

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences, Scientists Caution

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

"You can literally reroute a river into a desert and cause it to bloom": Star Wars Galaxies lead says of his new sandbox MMO Stars Reach

Stars Reach is the new MMO from Ralph Koster, creative lead on Star Wars Galaxies, and it is a fully physically simulated sci ...

There May Be Bizarre Forms of Consciousness Drifting Through the Universe, Mind-Bending Paper Claims

In what can only be described as a vape cloud of a working paper, the pair examine the possibility of other consciousnesses ...

Scientists Challenge a Fundamental Assumption About Consciousness

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...
What If on MSN

Is there life on Venus? What scientists just found

Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according ...
Science Daily

The universe may be hiding conscious minds stranger than we can imagine

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...
Science Daily

Why scientists fear we're missing evidence of extraterrestrial life

Scientists are raising concerns that we may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life even when it is present. Hidden ...
What If on MSN

What if aliens actually brought life to Earth?

Where did life on Earth come from? It is one of humanity’s oldest and most fascinating questions. For centuries, people have ...

To Find Ancient Aliens, We Should Search the Moon for the Pulverized Remains of Dyson Spheres

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new paper.
The Atlantic

Six Books That Take You to Space

When I look at the night sky, I don’t wonder whether alien life is somewhere out there; I think it probably is. Considering the sheer number of stars in the cosmos, and the possibly larger number of ...