A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters proposes an unprecedented method for detecting life beyond our ...

Deep below Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the ...

Findings about the chemical makeup of cave systems can teach us about life in places humans have yet to reach.

Finding alien life won’t be as dramatic as a flying saucer landing on the White House lawn – it’ll be NASA scientists holding ...

Researchers use a portable fluorescence spectrometer to analyze the glowing formations in underground caves. Now, researchers ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.

This, at least, is the conclusion drawn by GIGACalculator, a website that offers online calculators to help users with ...

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...

Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...

Astrobiologist Joshua Sebree of the University of Northern Iowa suggests that South Dakota's Wind Cave exhibits chemical ...