In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

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According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Kepler-452b, a super-Earth orbiting a sun-like star just 1,400 light-years away, has emerged as a prime candidate for harboring alien life. Despite high hopes and predictions that we could discover ...

A team of scientists from Shenzhen University in China has discovered the first evidence of a new type of cave on the Red Planet. The researchers claim these may have once provided the conditions ...

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An Earth-like world with heavy clouds might not hide life at all. It could make alien life easier to spot if those clouds carry colored microbes from the planet’s skies. Cornell scientists report the ...

The interstellar comet 31/ATLAS has sparked widespread interest since its discovery, with some speculating it could offer clues about alien life. However, new research confirms there is no evidence ...