TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star located about 40 light years away that hosts seven Earth-sized rocky planets, with at least ...

A groundbreaking new study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Lettersand conducted by researchers at Penn State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), reveals that Earth may be ...

A new book charts the millennia-old history of our fascination with aliens, and how myth transformed into research.

If we’ll ever find life outside our solar system, it will not be an instant discovery. Save for the slim possibility of an intelligent civilization beaming a message in our direction, evidence for ...

Trappist-1’s habitable zone is relatively snug, given it’s a dim red dwarf star and its planets closely orbit it. You’ll be a ...

"Considering the direction and frequency of our most common signals gives insights into where we should be looking to improve ...

The planets have been nicknamed Earth's seven sisters. — -- An international team of astronomers has discovered seven potentially habitable exoplanets — or planets outside our solar system — that ...

The planet TRAPPIST-1e lies in its star’s Goldilocks zone, where water remains liquid – and an analysis suggests it might ...

A new SETI methodology focuses on detecting the "spillover" from directed interstellar communications, mirroring how we communicate with our own spacecraft, rather than relying on broad, speculative ...

The unexpected galaxy -- Opportunities and constraints: a universe of laws -- Life: what is it? -- The rules of the game: how every living system has to work -- Looking for life: is it really out ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explores the advances ...

Scientists have taken a close look at our activity within the solar system to determine where to look for signals from intelligent alien life. The findings apply if those extraterrestrials explore ...