A new paper from Harvard's sometimes controversial physicist Avi Loeb has suggested that if we want to find advanced alien ...

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New research says that the search for extraterrestrial life may be too narrow, as life could thrive in conditions far different from Earth's.

Scientists are revolutionizing the search for extraterrestrial life by challenging our somewhat Earth-centric assumptions ...

A strong possibility exists that extraterrestrial life can be found on a planet known as K2-18b located 120 light-years away. Here's what to know about the discovery and the ongoing search for life.

Is there alien life on K2-18b? A strong possibility exists that extraterrestrial life can be found on a distant exoplanet known as K2-18b.. Using observations from NASA’s James Webb Space ...

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