News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We ...

NASA's mission to return samples from Mars and potentially discover the first signs of alien life has a new timeline. The ...

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New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

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Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic ...

SETI Institute In the News The SETI Institute is known for its groundbreaking work in the search for alien life and continues ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...