472 Results From "extraterrestrial life"

The Arecibo Observatory, a staple of the SETI research community, will be out of commission for months after a supper cable mysteriously fell.
Science & Energy

SETI Telescope Down for Months After Mysterious Damage

Experts say that China is becoming the new international leader in the hunt for extraterrestrial life. They hope for newfound international cooperation.
Science & Energy

Experts: China Is Pulling Ahead in Race to Identify Extraterrestrials

Scientists recreated the extreme conditions of salty mud puddles on Mars in order to see whether microbial life could feasibly survive there.
Mars

Extraterrestrial Life Could Feasibly Live in Salty Puddles on Mars

Scientists have yet to find any evidence of life on another planet.But that hasn't stopped some rogue scientists from making outlandish claims.
Science & Energy

Extremely Dubious Scientist Believes There’s Mushrooms and Lichen on Mars

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has put together a workgroup called "The Galileo Project" to investigate evidence of alien civilizations.
Exobiology

New Harvard Project Will Investigate Alien Technology

A new radio telescope in China might be able to detect a massive swarm of self-replicating alien robots before it attacks Earth. 
Science & Energy

Physicist Says China’s New Telescope May Be Able to Spot Alien Probes

According to this researcher, if we ever make contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, we're unlikely to find a group of little green Martians.
Artificial Intelligence

Astronomer: Aliens Will Most Likely Resemble AI if We Ever Make Contact

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Future Society

“No Chance Is a Corporation Going Near My Brain”: Futurism Mailbag

Astronomers say they may be able to search for signs of life on distant exoplanets that are orbiting collapsed, dead stars.
Science & Energy

Scientists Want to Hunt for Life on Long-Dead Worlds

A new study led by the ESA found new evidence that Jupiter's moon Europa was indeed spouting plumes of water into space during a Galileo flyby.
Space

Scientists Find New Evidence Europa Is Shooting Water Into Space

A new study suggests that strange bright spots observed on Saturn's moon Titan in the early 2000s may be evidence of dried up ancient lakes and seas.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Say They Found “Dry Lake Beds” on Saturn’s Moon Titan

NASA' Perseverance rover just found signs of ancient life in Australia, giving researchers hope that it's well-equipped to do the same on Mars.
Biology

NASA Mars Rover Detects Ancient Life… in Australia

Physicist Mark Buchanan argued we should be grateful for not having made contact with alien civilizations yet in a piece for The Washington Post.
Robots and Machines

Physicist Warns That Contacting Aliens Could End All Life on Earth

NASA built an autonomous robot named BRUIE that may be able to hunt for signs of life on distant ocean worlds like Europa.
Science & Energy

Here’s the Robot NASA Wants to Use to Hunt Aliens on Ocean Worlds

A quantum physicist suggests that distant stars could serve as nodes of a galactic communication network that works by altering the light they emit.
Physics

Scientist Claims That Aliens May Be Communicating via Starlight

For the first time, scientists identified a protein molecule in a meteorite. And they say they that it didn't come from Earth.
Chemistry

Scientists Discover Protein in a Meteorite

Cassini's observations that found Enceladus is expelling plumes of methane gas suggests the moon's oceans may be habitable to Earthlike microorganisms.
Moon

Scientists Intrigued by Possible Signs of Life on Saturn’s Moon

The director of the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory told the BBC that alien hunting for extra terrestrials should be taken more seriously.
Science & Energy

SETI Scientist: Nobody Takes Alien Hunting Seriously

There’s something remarkably human in our search for aliens among the stars and goal of learning more about life in general to learn more about ourselves.
Science & Energy

Could Searching for Alien Life Attract Hostile Extraterrestrials?

In a recent CBC interview, retired astronaut Chris Hadfield shared his opinion on the recent emergence of "unidentified aerial phenomena" sightings.
Robots and Machines

Astronaut: If You Think UFOs Are Aliens, You’re an Idiot