The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...
Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.
The search for alien life often sparks the imagination with images of extraterrestrial beings and strange worlds. However, a new theory is shifting the focus—what if life elsewhere in the universe ...
The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the design phase for NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), ...
"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government ...
Explore how astronomers aim to identify signs of alien life by analysing the atmospheres of distant exoplanets through ...
"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...