Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b ...

A new philosophical paper argues that consciousness may not be exclusive to life as we know it. According to Eric ...

An environment once considered hostile to life’s chemistry The surface of Venus reaches approximately 860°F under an ...

Three peptides stayed whole for weeks in 98% sulfuric acid, the stuff of Venus's clouds, and all three folded into the same ...

Peptides survive in superacidic environments similar to those observed in some parts of the Venusian atmosphere. Credit: ...

We’ll start this conference looking back on 2026 Washington Architecture by being honest: We have no idea what happened here. The snapshot of this planet that my comrades and I managed to obtain on ...

Venus is one of the solar system's most unusual planets. It may sometimes be called "Earth's twin" because of its similar ...

The archive came to the Huntington from collectors Donald and Dale McKinney, who had preserved items belonging to Van Tassel ...

The Huntington has acquired a vast Integratron archive chronicling creator George Van Tassel, UFO encounters and a unique ...

When exploring solar system bodies for signs of past or present life, scientists have mainly focused on planets that have (or ...

In Chile's Atacama Desert, the biggest telescope ever built is taking shape – and it could radically change our view of the ...

The observatory is studying alien worlds outside the solar system and their host stars to lay the groundwork for future ...