472 Results From "extraterrestrial life"

New research suggests that other exoplanets could feasibly serve as a better host for life than Earth does, if they fit certain criteria.
Science & Energy

Earth Might Not Be the Most Hospitable Planet out There

By Dan Robitzski

An extremophile bacteria survived a year in space. Scientists uncovered how it pulled off the feat, suggesting microbes could travel among planets.
Science & Energy

New Research Shows How a Microbe Could Survive Journey Between Planets

By Dan Robitzski

Before we make first contact with any aliens out there, we should figure out whether we're willing to kill them to further our scientific knowledge.
Future Society

Scientist: We Should Be Prepared to Kill Aliens

By Dan Robitzski

This scientist from Oregon State University believes the professor who claims to have evidence of insects on Mars was just an example of pareidolia.
Exobiology

University Deletes Press Release Claiming Evidence of Bugs on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

A team out of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has confirmed traces of water vapor being released above Jupiter's moon Europa.
Science & Energy

Scientists Confirm Water Vapor Above the Surface of Europa

By Victor Tangermann

During an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast, Bernie Sanders promised he'd tell the public about alien life if he was elected president.
Science & Energy

Bernie Sanders Tells Joe Rogan He’d Declassify Aliens as President

By Dan Robitzski

Astrobiologist Samantha Rolfe says that Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars are more of a "moral catastrophe" than a noble aspiration.
Starship

Astrobiologist: Elon Musk’s Starship Is a “Moral Catastrophe”

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers found out that a potentially-habitable exoplanet can't support an atmosphere, ruling it and similar worlds out in the search for alien life.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Drastically Narrowed the Search for Alien Life

By Dan Robitzski

"Doesn't seem to be any life in this solar system," billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote in a recent tweet, responding to fan mail from a 13-year-old.
Solar Power

Elon Musk: “Doesn’t Seem to Be Any Life in This Solar System”

By Victor Tangermann

While the recent tardigrade spill on the Moon is bad news, it may not be the first time the resilient little creatures made their way to the lunar surface.
Science & Energy

Hipster Asteroids Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon Before It Was Cool

By Dan Robitzski

An MIT postdoctoral student has a strange new suggestion for finding extraterrestrial life: scan the skies for phosphine, a foul-smelling, toxic gas.
Exobiology

Weird New Theory: Aliens Could Be Using Toxic Gas as Defense

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists who work on extraterrestrial-seeking projects like SETI report a stigma within science that gets their work dismissed and funding killed.
Science & Energy

Scientists Are Terrified of SETI Research

By Dan Robitzski

A new study suggests that extraterrestrial life might be possible after all on distant icy planets that conventionally are thought to be too cold.
Science & Energy

Study: Icy Planets Could Be Warm Enough to Harbor Life

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Harvard astronomers are collaborating on a new project to scan the skies for signs of technological signatures from alien civilizations. 
Science & Energy

NASA Funds Harvard Hunt for Alien “Technological Civilizations”

By Victor Tangermann

A scientist argues that the sheer volume of potentially habitable planets and moons coupled with the existence of water in space makes life inevitable.
Off-World

Scientist: “Alien Life Now Seems Inevitable and Possibly Imminent”

By Dan Robitzski

A second look at data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals that the oceans of Saturns' moon, Eneceladus, could harbor ideal conditions for microbial life.
Moon

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Has Nutrient-Rich Oceans

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have detected over ten radio bursts from distant galaxies in the last week. The sudden frequency could help us figure out what's causing them.
Science & Energy

Possible Alien Radio Signals Way More Common Than Believed

By Dan Robitzski

Jupiter's moon Europa, which many scientists suspect could support extraterrestrial life, has the same kind of salt in its oceans as Earth.
Moon

Jupiter’s Moon Europa Has Right Kind of Saltwater to Support Life

By Dan Robitzski

NASA's Curiosity Rover just found methane readings at a Martian site to be three times as high as the previously record level — posssibly a sign of life.
Science & Energy

New NASA Rover Discovery Hints at Signs of Life on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

New Study: Alien Life is Probably Way Rarer Than We Thought
Exobiology

New Study: Alien Life is Probably Way Rarer Than We Thought

By Victor Tangermann

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo