The New Science of Exobiology Gone are the days when the search for life beyond Earth was confined to science fiction movies ...

Astrobiologist Seven Rasmussen's book explores the Drake equation and Fermi paradox, examining the science behind the search ...

The latest attempt to work out how much alien life is out there suggests there may be a lot more than most people thought. According to a new statistical analysis based on how quickly life got going ...

Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships, gives readers a tour of the ...

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 ...

The Artemis II crew is on its way to the moon as you read this – but scientists say if they’re hunting for aliens, they’re trying the wrong moon. Extraterrestrial life may be hiding on the moons of ...

Every few months, someone announces we’re on the verge of finding alien life, and the headlines go predictably insane. What rarely makes it into those stories is what the actual scientific community ...

Alien experts claim powerful extraterrestrial life exists in the universe, which is beyond the control of any government — and could wipe out life on earth. Following Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett’s ...

Scientists are raising concerns that we may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life even when it is present. Hidden biosignatures, limitations in detection technology, and assumptions about ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) The search for life on another planet is one of the most exciting things in astrophysics. As humanity has searched the universe for signs of life, we’ve found a surprising ...