In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...
Is humanity on the brink of the most profound discovery in history, or are we merely chasing shadows in the dark? This is the ...
Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens. Reading time 6 minutes At Gizmodo, we love a good story about ...
An exoplanet completely or densely covered by clouds could aid astronomers in their search for signs of life beyond Earth. Cloudy skies may spoil a picnic or block a view of the stars through a ...
Clouds could help reveal life on distant planets, not hide it — thanks to a color code for atmospheric microbes, according to the Cornell Chronicle. Cornell researchers built the first reflectance ...
Scientists develop AI tool to hunt for hidden signals of past lives they reckon could help search for extraterrestrial ...
Imagine a planet twice as wide as Earth, covered in an ocean that smells like sweet cabbage. Every day, a faint red star warms this ocean world and the uncountable masses of hungry, plankton-like ...
We are closer than ever to finding aliens according to astrophysicist Adam Frank. He isn’t alone in his optimism. Over the last two decades, the tools used to search for extraterrestrials have been ...