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Are we alone? Intelligent aliens may be rare, new study suggests
A new interpretation of the famous Drake equation finds little reason to be optimistic about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Planets of Milky Way's most common stars are less habitable than thought, dead NASA telescope reveals
Planets orbiting red dwarf stars may have a harder time hanging on to the conditions needed for life to arise and survive than previously thought, data from NASA's dead space telescope GALEX reveals.
The building blocks of life can form rapidly around young stars
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of how the complex building blocks of life first formed, finding dust traps around young stars could make an ideal formation location.
Signs of life could survive on solar system moons Enceladus and Europa
Signs of life could survive on the icy surfaces of Saturn's and Jupiter's moons, Enceladus and Europa, despite harsh radiation bombardment from the sun and supernovas.
The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens
Without plate tectonics, oceans and continents, complex life that is able to invent and master advanced technology might never evolve.
If alien terraforming emits greenhouse gases, our telescopes could detect it
A new thought experiment reveals how greenhouse gases can be used as a technosignature in the hunt for aliens.
Area 51: What is it and what goes on there?
Reference Area 51 is a U.S. military base that has become synonymous with tales of UFOs, government cover-ups and potentially testing alien technology.
If alien life exists on Europa, we may find it in hydrothermal vents
Cool to moderately warm hydrothermal vents circulating water through the seabed could sustain habitable conditions on moons such as Jupiter's Europa and Saturn's Enceladus for billions of years.
