On the website for the department of zoology of the University of Cambridge, the page for Arik Kershenbaum lists his three main areas of research, one of which stands out from the others. Kershenbaum studies “Wolves and other canids,” “Dolphins and cetaceans” — and “Aliens.” Granted, science ...

Professor Abraham (Avi) Loeb, chair of the Astronomy department, Harvard University. Are we alone? Probably not, out of modesty - keeping in mind that about a quarter of all stars host a habitable Earth-size planet. Upcoming searches for primitive life will aim to detect oxygen or methane in the ...

Before she left NASA, former NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan sat down with us and explained why NASA has no protocol for dealing with intelligent extra-terrestrial life — even if they came knocking on our doorstep tomorrow. Science Insider tells you all you need to know about science: space, ...

Elevate your writing with 20% off Grammarly Premium by signing up at http://www.Grammarly.com/WHATIF Just north of the Martian equator lies a 45 km (28 mi) wide impact crater that scientists believe may have been the site of an ancient lake. Here at Jezero Crater, scientists theorize that its ...

Are we alone in this universe? The latest advancement in astronomy is discovering an increasing number of planets outside our Solar System with conditions ideal for life. We imagine what such extraterrestrial life could look like with the help of science. Please subscribe HERE: ...

Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative (1983-1988), and was ...

A Harvard professor says an alien visited in 2017 and more are coming source

If life exists elsewhere in the Universe, would we be able to communicate with it? In this clip from the 1977 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "The planets", Carl Sagan demonstrates how we could send a signal that would make sense to intelligent beings that have evolved independently from us. Subscribe for ...

Bill Borucki, Kepler principal investigator at NASA Ames Research Centre on the discovery of an Earth like planet outside the solar system source

What other environments are there in our solar system and beyond? Could they support life? What would that life look like? In this talk Marta tells us more about the science of Astrobiology and what we can expect in the next space missions to Mars or Jupiter´s moon Europa. Marta is passionate ...

Stand by for an animated exploration of the famous Fermi Paradox. Given the vast number of planets in the universe, many much older than Earth, why haven't we yet seen obvious signs of alien life? The potential answers to this question are numerous and intriguing, alarming and hopeful. source

It's a question that we have pondered for years: is life on earth really the only life that's out there in the universe? Turns out there's a good chance it's not just us. With research indicating that other planets might be able to host life, how should we be thinking about interactions between ...