In this video, three promising solutions to the Fermi Paradox are explored, addressing the question, "Where is everybody?" A common misunderstanding that may be crucial to solving this paradox is ...

Astronomers raised hopes that humanity might not be alone in the universe by announcing on Thursday they have detected the most promising hints yet of life on a distant planet. But given the age and ...

What do tennis and the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life have in common? Well, don't ask us because we don't know either. However, French tennis player Térence Atmane has put the two on a ...

Astronomers made headlines last week by suggesting potential signs of life on the distant exoplanet K2-18b—but is this truly our first glimpse of extraterrestrial beings, or simply wishful thinking?

In his classic science fiction novel Contact, Carl Sagan remarked, “The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.” Physicist Enrico Fermi is credited with ...

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(via PBS Space Time) Around 2 billion years ago, life had plateaued in complexity, ruined the atmosphere, and was on the verge of self-annihilation. But then something strange and potentially ...

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