When it comes to the search for extraterrestrial life, research focuses on the so-called habitable zone of stars. This may ...

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.

A former senior analyst for The Bank of England warned the bank to prepare for alien contact, citing the United States' ...

A self-taught musician, he wore flashing goggles while playing the violin. But his real skill was as a painter, and his ...

After reviewing almost 30 years of signals, University of California Berkeley researchers have identified 100 mysterious, ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

For 21 years, between 1999 and 2020, millions of people worldwide loaned UC Berkeley scientists their computers to search for signs of advanced civilizations in our galaxy.

Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose rhythm guitar work, songwriting and tireless touring helped push traditional American blues and folk music into the modern era, has died, ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Carole Haswell receives funding from STFC. We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of these is whether Earth is the ...

When something that sounds like a classic song pops into your head, you can’t take the chance that it will stay there forever. When Gregg Allman was faced with that dilemma, he and a buddy resorted to ...