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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A composite view of Mars taken by the Viking I and II probes. NASA/USGS In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible ...

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have spotted the largest complex molecule in deep space ever.

Harvard scientist Avi Loeb suggests comet 3I/ATLAS may be an alien vessel seeding life, after NASA's SPHEREx spacecraft detected unexplained methane and organic chemicals on board.

Elon Musk says a mystery object hurtling through space 'could be alien ' and may 'obliterate a continent' or 'kill most of human life'. The composition of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has been ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

For decades, humanity has sought answers to one of the most profound questions in science: are we alone in the universe? The search forextraterrestrial life has led to groundbreaking discoveries, from ...

How did life begin? A team of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and Germany believes the answer may involve sticky gels that coated ...

In this idea, life’s first steps may have happened inside sticky gels attached to surfaces, similar in some ways to modern microbial biofilms. Biofilms are the thin layers of bacteria you see on rocks ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.