Recently, in a “wild” new spin on the theory, known as directed panspermia, it’s been suggested that “aliens sent microbes or ...

This quiz invites you to embark on a journey across the galaxy, exploring the science and wonder behind exoplanet discovery.

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A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

Earth is pretty special, and as far as we know, the only place in the universe with life. But how special is it really? There ...

Imagine a planet twice as wide as Earth, covered in an ocean that smells like sweet cabbage. Every day, a faint red star warms this ocean world and the uncountable masses of hungry, plankton-like ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both... Are there signs of life on alien planet K2-18b, or is ...

The closest technological species to us in the Milky Way galaxy could be 33,000 light years away and their civilization would ...

A new NASA-backed study suggests alien civilisations could eavesdrop on Earth's space transmissions, offering a new approach ...

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An ocean world that’s teeming with microbes — and who knows what other kinds of life — is currently the best explanation for some chemical signatures that the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted in ...