What would happen if scientists confirmed alien life tomorrow? Here are possible reactions

Confirmation of alien life would answer one enormous question and immediately create dozens more. Humanity’s reaction would ...
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Taking Alien Life Seriously: The Origins of Exobiology

In the late 1950s, a small group of scientists began to search for alien life. Among them was geneticist Joshua Lederberg at Stanford, who in 1960 spoke at the First International Space Science ...

Are UFOs evidence of alien technology? Here’s what science actually says

Some UFO cases remain difficult to explain, but that is only the beginning of the scientific question. The evidence needed to ...
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Extraterrestrial life may be slipping past space missions, astrobiologists warn

Suppose there are signs of extraterrestrial life and we have not yet been able to detect them. What does that mean? In Nature Astronomy, researchers discuss the consequences of these so-called ...
Forbes

If We Discover Extraterrestrial Life, What Happens Next?

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The search for extraterrestrial life has evolved from philosophy to a serious scientific and ...
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The Role Of Minerals In Prebiotic Evolution: Implications For Identifying Worlds With The Potential For Life’s Origin

Understanding the origin of life requires explaining how abiotic molecules transitioned into the first living systems within ...
Nature

Chemical origin of life articles from across Nature Portfolio

A 3-D thermal model identifies a ~ 4.33 Ga temporal “sweet spot” for life’s origin, when decreased bombardment enabled mild hydrothermal niches to support RNA World chemistry and stable biomolecule ...