On Earth, plants reflect green light — but on Kepler-186f, they’d likely glow deep red. The reason lies in physics: cooler ...

The University of Arizona is opening a new exhibit this weekend that explores one of humanity's most enduring questions: Are ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

Searching for alien life by looking for specific signals from individual planets may overlook a larger pattern, new research ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps of invasion risk for thousands of alien plant species under current ...

The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the design phase for NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), ...

Are we alone in the universe? While the search for life beyond Earth has so far turned up empty, the infamous question continues to haunt humanity’s exploration of the vast cosmos. Now, NASA’s ...