The search for intelligent life in our galaxy is shifting from abstract speculation to detailed cartography, as researchers try to sketch where alien societies might arise, thrive and vanish inside ...

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Comet 3I/ATLAS is cutting across the solar system on a trajectory that does not quite match expectations, threading past the giant planets in a way that has planetary scientists recalculating what ...

The big picture: Nearly 6,000 exoplanets have now been confirmed in the vast expanse of the Milky Way galaxy. Some are believed to have the potential to harbor life, while others are so hostile that ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, ...

Humanity has long wondered if we are being watched from the stars, but the answer might lie in our own exhaust fumes. As the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS moves through the inner Solar System, ...