The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and ...

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When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

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Explore NASA's cancelled Europa mission and learn why Europa is a key target in the search for extraterrestrial life.

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

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A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

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