Alien Life

Are alien oceans too freezing for life-forms?

You're about to plunge into uncharted waters.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

8 months ago

If we did get a call back from E.T., what would that even be like?

The only thing it won't involve is an actual phone.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

9 months ago

The space weather forecast might also predict aliens

Extraterrestrials are now in the forecast. 

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

10 months ago

Future telescopes straight out of sci-fi could directly seek out alien tech

If E.T. isn’t phoning home, maybe we’re just going to have to find his number.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

10 months ago

On frozen planets, there might be aliens at the end of the rainbow 

It's definitely weirder than a pot of gold.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

10 months ago

Alien microbes are most likely to be crawling in these parts of the solar system

If they do exist, they'd put the "extreme" in "extremophile."

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

10 months ago

Astronomers phoned E.T. in the center of the galaxy but got a dead signal

Hello? Nothing? Not even voicemail?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

11 months ago

Is this how life emerged from stuff that was anything but alive?

Life didn't just materialize, but that means it must have come from somewhere.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Martian mystery: Why is an isotope of carbon depleted on the surface of Mars?

Biology, geology, or astronomy... which one depletes carbon-13 on Mars?

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

Could a probe possibly seek out life in the toxic clouds of Venus? 

Venus hasn’t nearly gotten the headlines Mars has when it comes to the search for life, but that might change.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago