Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about the potential for life on other planets, ...
A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New ...
At a recent workshop, researchers and journalists debated how to announce a potential discovery of extraterrestrial life ...
Astronomers have spotted what they believe to be a rainbow-like phenomenon occurring on a planet outside our solar system for the first time, and it could reveal new insights about alien worlds.
If we discover alien life, what will it look like? We have no way of knowing, but the hunt for extraterrestrial life can now include purple bacteria, according to a group of astronomers who are ...
NASA has already spotted a diversity of rocky, Earth-like worlds in the cosmos. But unlike our verdant planet, many of these worlds may flourish with purple life — if life exists out there, that is.
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Humans are considering the feasibility of terraforming our nearby planetary neighbor, so what if a ...
Purple is the new green, as far as aliens are concerned, anyway. If you were asked to imagine an alien planet, it would be reasonable to imagine a green earth-like rock orbiting somewhere in a ...
Groundbreaking study suggests alien life may not be green but purple, thriving under diverse conditions, challenging conventional assumptions. Researchers advocate for a more inclusive approach to ...
Alien life might be purple, a new research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has found. According to the study, aliens might be residing on a planet like ...
New research confirms Jupiter's moon Io has been a volcanic hellscape for almost the Solar System’s entire 4.57 billion-year ...