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Alien Life

Is Alien Life More Likely On Real-Life 'Tatooines?'

Space.com | Miriam Kramer | Posted 06.13.2013 | Science

Luke Skywalker would be proud. Planets like Skywalker's fictional home of Tatooine in the "Star Wars" movie series might have more potential for habi...

Search For Alien Life Needs Broader Focus, Astronomer Says

Posted 05.03.2013 | Science

By: Mike Wall Published: 05/02/2013 02:08 PM EDT on SPACE.com Scientists searching for signs of life beyond our solar system should keep an open m...

The Truth About The '6-Inch Alien' Unveiled

Lee Speigel | Posted 04.25.2013 | Weird News

The mummified remains of what looks like a 6-inch space alien has turned "Sirius" into the most eagerly awaited documentary among UFO enthusiasts. ...

WATCH: Documentarian Unveils 6-Inch 'Alien' Found In Chile

Lee Speigel | Posted 04.11.2013 | Weird News

An upcoming documentary promises to show an alleged, tiny "alien" being that was found a few years ago in Chile's Atacama Desert. And when we say tiny...

Why Bother Searching for ET?

Seth Shostak | Posted 06.01.2013 | Science
Seth Shostak

It's a disturbing question, and one that I seem to get more frequently than before. "Why are you looking for evidence of extraterrestrials? What's the point?"

Sci-Fi Star Systems Could Host E.T.

Posted 03.11.2013 | Science

By: Nola Taylor Redd, Astrobiology Magazine Published: 03/11/2013 10:55 AM EDT on SPACE.com Planets orbiting binary star systems have to deal with...

Alien Moons Could Host Life, Astronomers Say

Posted 03.08.2013 | Science

By: Adam Hadhazy, Astrobiology Magazine Published: 03/07/2013 06:57 AM EST on SPACE.com Astronomers have their fingers crossed that within the hau...

What Germs On Earth Suggest About Life On Mars

Posted 02.26.2013 | Science

By: Rod Pyle, SPACE.com Contributor Published: 02/25/2013 04:24 PM EST on SPACE.com LOS ANGELES — While Mars was likely a more hospitable plac...

E.T. Hunters Seek 'Biosignatures' Here On Earth

AP | CARRIE ANTLFINGER | Posted 04.15.2013 | Science

MADISON, Wis. -- Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are helping search for evidence of alien life not by looking into outer space, but ...

Alien Hunters Scan Skies For E.T. Signals

Posted 02.12.2013 | Science

By: Elizabeth Howell Published: 02/08/2013 08:06 PM EST on SPACE.com Intelligent alien life is likely relatively rare throughout our Milky Way gala...

Big Brain Bravado

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.09.2013 | Science
Jeff Schweitzer

I propose that big brains are rare in nature not because they are an expensive tissue to maintain, but because the consequences of complex thought are not adaptive. Being smart is a dumb survival strategy.

REVEALED: What Kept Early Earth From Freezing

Posted 01.03.2013 | Science

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 01/03/2013 02:06 PM EST on SPACE.com Collisions among molecules in early Earth’s atmosphere may have prevented ou...

How Alien 'Hairspray' May Help Us Find E.T.

Posted 02.12.2013 | Science

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 11/27/2012 06:37 AM EST on SPACE.com Hairspray might one day serve as the sign that aliens have reshaped distant...

What Dying Star Study Reveals About Alien Life

Posted 11.22.2012 | Science

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 11/21/2012 11:58 AM EST on SPACE.com Life is unlikely to survive on exoplanets that orbit cooling stars such as whit...

Rover Report Is Big Disappointment For E.T. Hunters

Posted 02.12.2013 | Science

By: Mike Wall Published: 11/02/2012 02:42 PM EDT on SPACE.com NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has detected no methane in its first analyses of the M...

Asteroids, Alien Life Linked In New Space Telescope Study

Posted 11.02.2012 | Science

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 11/02/2012 11:02 AM EDT on SPACE.com Asteroid belts similar to the one between Mars and Jupiter appear to be rare...

Manned Mars Mission Called Big Threat To Life On Red Planet

Posted 10.25.2012 | Science

By: Mike Wall Published: 10/25/2012 09:33 AM EDT on SPACE.com Humanity has long dreamed of putting boots on Mars, but those boots have the potential ...

E.T. Hunters Rethink Habitability Of Alien Planets

Posted 09.16.2012 | Science

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 09/14/2012 07:38 AM EDT on SPACE.com Life may be able to survive on a broader set of alien worlds than astronomers...

Life on Mars and the Garden of Eden

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.01.2012 | Science
Jeff Schweitzer

The latest Mars rover, Curiosity, will land on the Red Planet in a few days, if all goes well. Should Curiosity find evidence of past life on Mars, allow me to preempt what will certainly be a rewrite of history on the part of the world's major religions.

Hollywood Aliens: Prototypes for the Real Thing?

Seth Shostak | Posted 07.29.2012 | Science
Seth Shostak

There is no pretense that Hollywood aliens might accurately reflect actual inhabitants of the galaxy. But is it all just free-form imagination? Can contemporary science say much about whether these cinematic sentients might be ciphers for the real thing?

E.T. Hunter Who Inspired 'Contact' Character Steps Down

Posted 05.22.2012 | Science

By: Mike Wall Published: 05/22/2012 12:44 PM EDT on SPACE.com Astronomer Jill Tarter, the inspiration for heroine Ellie Arroway in the novel and...

Alien Life Could Exist On HOW Many Planets? Study Yields Surprising Answer

Posted 02.12.2013 | Science

By: Nola Taylor Redd Published: 04/28/2012 08:24 AM EDT on SPACE.com A new estimate of the number of habitable planets orbiting the most common ...

The UFO Bestiary

Seth Shostak | Posted 06.27.2012 | Science
Seth Shostak

This is a phenomenon worthy of attention. If aliens are really hanging out in our 'hood, it's hard to imagine any other fact more worthy of study. If not, then why does such a large fraction of the populace insist on believing they're here?

Alien Planet 'Headcount' Yields Big Surprise

Posted 03.28.2012 | Science

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 03/28/2012 08:04 AM EDT on SPACE.com There should be billions of habitable, rocky planets around the faint red st...

They're Not Meat

Seth Shostak | Posted 03.28.2012 | Science
Seth Shostak

In a movie it's important to have aliens whose gestures and facial expressions can be "read" by humans. But come on! Are two eyes, four appendages and an upright posture really essential?