A New Frontier Is Opening in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
The reason we haven’t found life elsewhere in the universe is simple: We haven’t really looked until now.
The Washington Post
Topics: Exoplanets Extraterrestrial Life Technology
How Many Alien Civilizations Are Out There? A New Galactic Survey Holds a Clue
The Milky Way is full of habitable real estate, with roughly half of all sunlike stars hosting Earth-size worlds that could be friendly to life.
National Geographic
Topics: Exoplanets Extraterrestrial Life Habitability Stars
Two Dozen Exoplanets That Might be More Habitable Than Earth
Do we need to change our search parameters when looking for extraterrestrial life?
Air & Space Magazine
Topics: Exoplanets Habitability Stars
Scientists Move to Find Alien Civilizations Using “Technosignatures”
There are specific marks on a planet that intelligent life may leave. To find technological civilizations among the stars, we just need to know what to look for.
Forbes
Astronomers Have Found a Planet Like Earth Orbiting a Star Like the Sun
The discovery of the exoplanet KOI-456.04 orbiting the star Kepler-160 suggests we should more aggressively look for habitable planets around sun-like stars.
MIT Technology Review
Topics: Exoplanets Habitability
Planets With Hydrogen-Rich Atmospheres Could Harbor Life
Lab experiments show that yeast and E. coli survive and reproduce in hydrogen-rich conditions.
Science News
Topics: Exoplanets Extraterrestrial Life Habitability
A Good Week for Planet Formation
Building planets is an intricate process but we’re finding clues to some new possibilities.
Life Unbounded, Scientific American
Topics: Caleb Scharf Exoplanets Planets
The Age of Interstellar Visitors
As astronomers get better at finding the comets and asteroids of other stars, they’ll learn more about the universe and our place in it.
Quanta Magazine
Topics: Exoplanets Galaxies Planets Universe
First Water Detected in the Atmosphere of a Habitable-Zone Planet
While the planet itself may not be habitable, it suggests others could be.
Ars Technica
Topics: Exoplanets Habitability Planets
Life on Alien Worlds Could Be More Diverse Than on Earth
Earth is the only place in the universe where we know life exists. But with billions of other star systems out there, it might not be the best place for life.
Astronomy Magazine
Astronomers Get Serious About Alien Technosignatures
The hunt for alien technosignatures heats up.
The Interiors of Exoplanets May Well Hold the Key to Their Habitability
Determining whether a distant planet is truly habitable may require an understanding of its inner dynamics — which will for sure be a challenge to achieve.
Many Worlds
Topics: Exoplanets Extraterrestrial Life Habitability Planets
This Could Be the Most Earth-Like Exoplanet Discovered Yet
The CARMENES team found evidence of two planets around Teegarden, called Teegarden b and c.
Gizmodo
Exoplanets With Complex Life May Be Very Rare, Even in Their “Habitable Zones”
The term “habitable zone” can be a misleading one, since it describes a limited number of conditions on a planet to make it hospitable to life.
Moon Blobs, Collapsars, and Long Planets
A roundup of recent research with astrobiological implications.
Life, Unbounded, Scientific American
Topics: Caleb Scharf Exoplanets Habitability Planets
Why Exploring Alien Life Is No Longer a Laughing Matter
Culturally and scientifically, we’re no longer giggling about alien life.
The Globe and Mail
Topics: Exoplanets Extraterrestrial Life
It’s Time to Start Taking the Search for E.T. Seriously, Astronomers Say
Some scientists are pushing for NASA to make looking for alien technology an official goal.
Have Aliens Found Us? A Harvard Astronomer on the Mysterious Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua
Avi Loeb discusses why we need to consider the possibility that the object was sent by aliens, the dangers of unscientific speculation, and what belief in an advanced extraterrestrial civilization has in common with faith in God.
The New Yorker
Topics: Avi Loeb Exoplanets Extraterrestrial Life
Thinking About Distant Civilizations Isn’t Speculative
Avi Loeb on the mysterious interstellar body ‘Oumuamua.
DER SPIEGEL
A $100-Million Startup Shares Incredible Plan to Propel Spacecraft With Giant Lasers
Breakthrough Starshot is moving ahead with an audacious vision for space exploration.
Big Think
Topics: Avi Loeb Exoplanets Extraterrestrial Life Habitability
A Frozen Super-Earth May Orbit Barnard’s Star
At just six light years away, the candidate planet would be the second-closest world known beyond our solar system — and a prime target for future studies.
Scientific American
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