Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Some scientists think alien ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Ken Crawford/Wikimedia Commons There’s a theory that’s in vogue in ...

A new method to recognise the chemical properties of living things could help us detect alien life even if it functions differently from life on Earth. When searching for alien life, scientists ...

Some experimental biologists think the key components that could allow life to survive beyond our planet might be found right here on Earth. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and ...

Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing themselves — and its key ingredient is a common amino acid that’s found in ...