New Book Reveals Why We Need An Exoplanet Reality Check
Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.
How to go fishing for life on another planet (or moon)
To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...
Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same
The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...
The jaw-dropping island that's been described as 'the most alien-looking place on Earth'
It is one of the most isolated landforms of continental origin, having split from the supercontinent of Gondwana millions of ...
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"Super-Earth" found just 20 light-years away is our best chance so far to find alien life
HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...
Astronomers Orbiting TRAPPIST-1 Star Could Be Peering Back At Earth
A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...
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Could this large Earth-like planet be home to alien life?
Astronomers have discovered a large Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star that could be home to alien life. The exoplanet - the name for a planet beyond our solar system - has the catchy name ...
Everything we know about 'Alien: Earth,' which brings the xenomorphs to TV
"Alien: Earth" is a new TV prequel to the "Alien" franchise. It starts when a spaceship crashes on Earth with a xenomorph on ...
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Planet less than 20 light-years from Earth could sustain alien life
A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - called HD 20794 d - may house water, according to the international ...