A newfound amoeba just set a heat-tolerance record for multicellular organisms, widening the range of environments in which ...

On Aug. 15, 1977, astronomers using Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope detected the famous "Wow!" signal, which remains unexplained to this day. Astronomers may have already scanned ...

Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according ...

Read an exclusive excerpt of her new book as Dr Seven Rasmussen reveals where she would look for life in the Solar System.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests alien life could be going undetected because scientists focus more on avoiding false discoveries than missing ...

A new study proposes searching the moon for remnants of ancient extraterrestrial technology. Researchers suggest the moon's surface could preserve microscopic "technosignatures" left by alien ...

A new study suggests signs of possible life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could be easier to detect than expected.

Enceladus is hardly an inviting place. It sits 1.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, covered by a thick frozen exterior. Yet ...

An artist's impression of the Habitable Worlds Observatory that will search spectroscopically for biosignatures on exoplanets. . | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab.

Previous research has shown that complex multicellular organisms could only reproduce in temperatures up to 140 degrees.

In 1960, astronomer Frank Drake listened for signals from alien worlds. Reporter Brendan Byrne's podcast When We Find Them picks up the search and asks what would happen if we finally find something.