The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

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The Bank of England has been warned of an impending market crash if it is confirmed that alien life exists on our planet.

The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the ...

MARS was not always the beaming red we’re so used to seeing in space. Scientists have revealed that it was actually a “blue ...

Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

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On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

For decades, astronomers have chased fleeting hints that something alive might be lurking beyond Earth, only to watch each ...

So, Mars does have storms, but they’re far drier and dustier than the thunderstorms on Earth. Scientists are continually ...