American space agency NASA announced the launch of an improved software called ExoMiner++ that is used to detect exoplanet ...

A former analyst at the UK central bank warned of apocalyptic financial scenarios if we ever confirm alien life.

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Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...

A species of rarely seen since its discovery in the late 19th century, the goblin shark recently turned up in Spanish waters.

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Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

There is currently no proof that the universe is home to other intelligent life forms aside from the ones that inhabit Earth, and evidence to the contrary ...

Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic ...