Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on Earth? Couldn’t there be totally different ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission discovered molecules vital to life and a history of saltwater on asteroid Bennu. The findings ...

Most of us are reserving judgment on whether there is intelligent life on other planets; we haven’t even found bacteria yet, much less a race of aliens with Internet service and takeout food.

Thomas Beatty describes the search for life on other planets and the role of telescopes. Thomas Beatty, assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

There are hundreds of millions of planets around other stars in our Milky Way galaxy ... by scientists as essential in the hunt for life because only planets that are in this zone could ...

Scientists have discovered a new way oxygen can form in carbon-dioxide-rich atmospheres of worlds beyond our own —- challenging assumptions about how we should search for life on other planets ...

Their mission could "change the way we look at the possibility of life on other planets too," the researchers ... "But these [new] experiments will provide the proof." This might seem a niche ...

So scientists are using different methods to see if there is life on planets other than the Earth. Space probes can explore other planets without needing astronauts. Some of the missions ...