Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet," study lead Miki Nakajima, an associate professor in the ...

When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

Musk compared consciousness to a candle in a “vast darkness" during remarks about aliens at the World Economic Forum in Davos ...

It's the oldest question on Earth. Where did we come from? Some people may thank a creator from above, but what if the hand that created humanity wasn't divine? What if aliens brought life to Earth?

Astrobiology Club at the University seeks to break down misconceptions of alien life and create a space for scientific discussions.

We recently discussed the different types of worlds that the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is expected to find that ...

The sheer scale of Carrazco-Gaxiola’s survey, titled “An All-Sky Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of More Than 2,100 K Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs Using High-Resolution Spectra,” is what sets it apart.

If someone tried to put a price tag on Earth, what would that number even be based on? Land, oceans, ecosystems, raw ...

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More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...