Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett says he has received briefings on extraterrestrial life that would deeply unsettle the American ...

Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien ...

In March 2026, SETI Institute researchers contributed to a wide range of conversations about our solar system and the search ...

A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for future observations in the search for alien life ...

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers ...

These findings suggest that the absence of past detections does not mean discovery is imminent. If extraterrestrial ...

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which ...

In a recent SETI Live conversation, astronomer and Drake Award winner Dr. Jason Wright addressed that question through the ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have identified just under 50 rocky worlds most likely to be habitable out of ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...

Astronomers have reportedly narrowed the search for extraterrestrial life to a focused list of 45 rocky exoplanets. Out of ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar fingerprints of biology, researchers are training algorithms to spot the deeper ...