Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

A study from Cornell University discovered that a particular purple “light fingerprint” could be indicative of ...

Elon Musk discussed his views on whether aliens exist during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Newsweek reached out to Musk’s company SpaceX for additional comment via ...

If we discover alien life, what will it look like? We have no way of knowing, but the hunt for extraterrestrial life can now include purple bacteria, according to a group of astronomers who are ...

A new method to recognise the chemical properties of living things could help us detect alien life even if it functions differently from life on Earth. When searching for alien life, scientists ...