Best known for dissolving bodies in bathtubs, sulfuric acid has the potential to be the elixir of life on other worlds.

University of Washington researchers have published a 5-billion-year computational simulation of Earth without life, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a watery exoplanet with a red dwarf sun overhead. A new study suggests that the exoplanet GJ 3378b, which ...

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 ...

Microscopic bits of alien tech on the moon? As scientists searched for intelligent extraterrestrial life — i.e., aliens — they’ve focused on a short list of standard possibilities. In other words, ...

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