The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

We recently discussed the different types of worlds that the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is expected to find that ...

The sheer scale of Carrazco-Gaxiola’s survey, titled “An All-Sky Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of More Than 2,100 K Dwarfs ...

The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the ...

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Planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune – so called sub-Neptunes – are the most common type of known exoplanet. It ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp.

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven advanced technology partners for its next major mission, the Habitable Worlds ...

ADVANCED alien civilisations might be talking to each other across the vast reaches of space using a “firefly” technique.

"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government ...

If this hasn’t sent you into a bit of an existential spiral, they assure that it’s unlikely that we are the only ones out ...