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Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life. The problem is not finding the star.

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New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth ...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could revolutionize the search for alien worlds by discovering around 100,000 exoplanets—far more than all previous missions combined. It will look deep into unexplored ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.