Tag: extraterrestrial life
Scientists are working on how to respond to aliens if we get contacted
Science fiction movies paint a vivid picture of what would happen when we meet an alien civilisation. But what would we actually do if we…
Scientists want to use ‘broccoli gas’ to look for life on other planets
One of science’s greatest mysteries is whether life exists outside of our planet and scientists are turning towards a distant relative of the cauliflower—broccoli—to help…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus more habitable than previously thought
New research has presented evidence for a key building block of life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus’ subsurface ocean. Modelling indicates that the ocean on Enceladus…
The ‘alien goldfish’ finds a home
The early fossil record is littered with bizarre creatures that do not resemble anything living today. And few of those evolutionary enigmas are as perplexing…
Frank Drake, who led search for life on other planets, dies at 92
Frank Drake, who pointed a radio telescope at a pair of stars in 1960 hoping to find alien civilizations and thus kindled a continuing endeavor…
Search for life on other worlds tops astronomy to-do list
A US survey of astronomers puts the search for extraterrestrial life at the top of their to-do list for the next 10 years. In a…