Science: Nikku Madhusudhan (IoA) Claims about possible extraterrestrial life on K2-18b and Mars generated worldwide ...

For as long as humans have looked toward the stars, one question has remained unanswered: how did life begin? Scientists have searched for clues in Earth’s ancient rocks, oceans, and chemistry, but ...

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A rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a sun-like star may look like a perfect place for life to thrive — but not if it's too small to hold onto its atmosphere. So, we may wonder: How much ...

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools ...

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English science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” It’s a line that has motivated ...

Letters: Readers offer their explanations for the absence of hard evidence for extraterrestrial civilisations, in response to an article by Adam Kirsch ...

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Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

There is no chance in hell our species will be able to reach another Earth-like planet in the Universe in the foreseeable future, so the only way we can get a sense of the habitability of such places ...

The newly discovered exoplanets, designated as GJ 9827 b, c and d, are located fairly close to their host star, completing orbits within 6.2 days. ESO A nearby 'super‑Earth' just 25 light years from ...