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An alien radio signal from K2-155 d? Are there any alien civilizations out there? For several decades, scientists have been searching for evidence that they exist. That effort is collectively known as ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium ...

Space is full of electromagnetic radiation like radio signals, but those signals are usually coming from stars or black holes ...

Science fiction suggests that life on other planets, if it exists, is likely far more advanced than life on Earth. A recent ...

Previous research has shown that complex multicellular organisms could only reproduce in temperatures up to 140 degrees.

The aliens were next door, and somebody killed them. That’s the story plasma physicist John Brandenburg, PhD, tells about ...

The gas giant Beta Pictoris b, about 63 light-years away, has the mass of 10 Jupiters and a magnetic field thousands of times as strong as Earth’s.

From the '80s horror film The Thing to the modern masterpiece Project Hail Mary, these are the greatest sci-fi movies that ...