A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

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In a marvelous cosmic irony, this immersion into our planet’s origins actually propels us into the future, where a revolution looms in the search for life in ... zone of sun-like stars in ...

then it suggests the same could be true of life evolving on other Earth-like planets in much the same way. To back up this assumption, he notes that an updated Bayesian analysis of the data found ...

With over 5,000 exoplanets — planets beyond our solar ... isn't enough to make a place hospitable to life. There are many other considerations; like the presence of an atmosphere, and what ...

The recent detection of a gas in a distant plant has been linked to life forms has sparked debate among scientists.

The search for extraterrestrial life has always been a key motivator of space exploration. But if we were to search Mars, Titan, or the subsurface oceans of Europa or Enceladus, it seems like all ...

Of these, 166 have been identified as rocky planets (or “Earth-like”), while another 1,389 ... for eons and could be the key to finding life on other planets. On Earth, this two-step cycle ...

Scientists believe microbes on Earth can help unlock what life was like during the planet’s early stages and this information could potentially help them recognize signs of life on other planets.

Caught between the two extremes, this ribbon that stretches like a girdle around a planet might ... spell the end of any life that managed to evolve there. On the other hand, if the nightside ...