The Living Worlds Working Group proposes a revolutionary approach to finding life on distant planets. The paper, part of the ...

Purple is the new green, as far as aliens are concerned, anyway. If you were asked to imagine an alien planet, it would be reasonable to imagine a green earth-like rock orbiting somewhere in a distant ...

Science fiction films have shaped our collective imagination into believing that any planet harboring extra-terrestrial life would look like a lush green utopia, somewhat like Earth. But fresh ...

The search for alien life often sparks the imagination with images of extraterrestrial beings and strange worlds. However, a new theory is shifting the focus—what if life elsewhere in the universe ...