A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to ...

Humans are captivated by the idea of finding life elsewhere in the universe – and even more by the idea that life, if found, ...

Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...

Scientists have assembled a catalogue of more than 2,000 stars that could be supporting alien life. Researchers behind the ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

NASA has selected advanced technologies to power a future space telescope designed to image Earth-like planets and search ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...