From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

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The interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS passed Earth with Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb saying it could be an alien probe.

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In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...

Why Hollywood has yet to adapt these sci-fi masterpieces remains a mystery. Here are seven books that would make great movies ...