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 ...

Gregory Benford, his brother James and his nephew Dominic decided to combine their knowledge of astrophysics, space, microwaves and economics to look at the search for extraterrestrial life from a ...

Europe is quietly positioning itself to attempt one of the most audacious missions in planetary exploration: a dedicated landing on Enceladus to look directly for signs of alien biology. Instead of ...

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