We talk to astronomer Professor Jon Willis about what form alien life may take based on evidence we find on Earth ...

Modern astrobiology suggests that alien life would evolve under many of the same ruthless pressures that shaped organisms on ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

By studying Earth's toughest microbes and complex animal "speech", scientists are reshaping how we search for – and may ...

Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide their search for life in the universe. While it’s most convenient to start looking for life using the knowledge that ...