The daisy-shaped 'occulter' could be a simple solution to the problem of a star's light swamping the view of small rocky planets, a study suggests. The daisy-shaped 'occulter' could be a simple ...

Astrobiologists warn that NASA's current instruments may miss subtle signs of alien life, risking 'false negatives' in the ...

Could intelligent alien civilizations really exist somewhere beyond Earth? As advanced telescopes continue discovering new potentially habitable worlds every year, that possibility seems more ...

A new Nature Astronomy study warns that space missions are fixated on avoiding false alarms and may be quietly discarding real signs of alien life, arguing that AI will be vital for spotting subtle, ...

They’ve obscured alien worlds from us for years, but clouds could turn out to be where the first hints of extraterrestrial ...

On Episode 206 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Brianne Suldovsky of Portland State University to discuss what happens after the discovery of an alien life form.