Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar fingerprints of biology, researchers are training algorithms to spot the deeper ...

Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests. Reading time 3 minutes The search for alien life usually hinges on finding the ...

A new study presented at the 2025 EPSC/DPS Joint Meeting proposes that the rarity of specific geological and atmospheric conditions necessary for technologically advanced life significantly limits the ...