472 Results From "extraterrestrial life"

A giant space laser, built with mostly-existing technology, could serve as a homing beacon for any aliens that might be out there.
Exobiology

A Giant Space Laser on Earth Could Blast Messages at Alien Planets

Researchers discover that one area of the Red Planet was likely once home to dozens of Martian lakes, giving us a clue in the hunt for evidence of life.
Mars

Mars Used To Be Dotted With Life-Friendly Lakes

Researchers: Mars Might Have Enough Oxygen For Underground Life
Mars

Researchers: Mars Might Have Enough Oxygen For Underground Life

A new paper argues that the “primary colonists” of Mars should be microbes like the ones which support life on Earth in order to terraform the Red Planet.
Science & Energy

Contaminating Mars With Microbes Could Kickstart Colonization

An experiment called BioRock is figuring out whether bacteria could turn space rocks into farmable soil for future off-world settlements.
Biology

Astronomers Want to Use Bacteria to Mine Space Rocks

Made of Mars says it's developing the technology to convert Martian minerals into materials we can use to "build the space civilization of tomorrow."  
Mars

Here’s How We’ll Build Things Using Mars’ Natural Resources

Chief scientist at NASA Jim Green believes that were mere years away from finding life on Mars thanks to the next generation of future Mars rovers.
Science & Energy

NASA’s Chief Scientist is Oddly Terrified By Finding Life on Mars

Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s Largest Moon
Moon

Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s Largest Moon

An international team of scientists just announced their strategy for trying to figure out whether Mars can support life.
Mars

Scientists Need to Solve These Two Mysteries to Find Life on Mars

Through a series of experiments, UK researchers identify abiogenesis zones around stars, helping narrow down the list of planets that could form life.
Science & Energy

Scientists Shed New Light on What Life-Producing Planets Require

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens
Exobiology

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens

Based on data from two ground-based telescopes, researchers believe there's water on Jupiter, perhaps far more than on Earth.
Science & Energy

There’s Water in Jupiter’s Atmosphere

Yes, a NASA Scientist Said Aliens May Have Visited Earth. But There’s Some Nuance
Science & Energy

Yes, a NASA Scientist Said Aliens May Have Visited Earth. But There’s Some Nuance

There’s A Huge Subterranean Lake of Liquid Water on Mars
Mars

There’s A Huge Subterranean Lake of Liquid Water on Mars

The Digest: One of Saturn’s Moons Has Everything Needed to Host Life
Science & Energy

The Digest: One of Saturn’s Moons Has Everything Needed to Host Life

In his new book, Oxford professor Young-hae Chi theorizes that invisible aliens are creating alien-human hybrids, perhaps as a response to climate change.
Climate Change

Oxford Academic: Invisible Aliens Are Breeding With Humans

For the first time, astronomers have discovered a coronal mass ejection (CME), a spewing of plasma and energy, from a star that's not the Earth's Sun.
Science & Energy

Scientists Observe a Star That Spews Plasma — And It’s Not Our Sun

The Digest: NASA Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Us From Contaminating Other Planets, Report Says
NASA

The Digest: NASA Isn’t Doing Enough to Prevent Us From Contaminating Other Planets, Report Says

The Scientist Who Reevaluated The Drake Equation Still Thinks Alien Life is Out There
Exobiology

The Scientist Who Reevaluated The Drake Equation Still Thinks Alien Life is Out There

For the first time, astronomers have used a technique known as optical interferometry to study an exoplanet — and it could help in our hunt for aliens.
Science & Energy

New Method Could Help Astronomers Find Life-Supporting Exoplanets