If life exists elsewhere, it might not be on worlds like Earth. Here are some of the more peculiar places scientists are looking.

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

A new study from researchers in Japan suggests that a better way to search for alien life might be to look for suspiciously similar planets that are close to each other. The idea is that if life has ...

A new model simulates a rocky planet without life, giving astronomers a baseline to judge whether gases in an exoplanet's ...

Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium gas escaping from the atmosphere of LHS 1140b propelled this exoplanet from ...

Researchers are particularly interested in planets orbiting orange K-dwarf stars, which could support life for billions of ...

It’s a dizzyingly busy time for scientists searching for life on distant planets. To date, astronomers have cataloged more ...

What can a lifeless Earth teach scientists about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Humans have always wondered about life beyond the stars. The curiosity doesn't only stem from popular culture and the advent of ...

What would our atmosphere look like if there were no life on Earth?