The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The Milky Way galaxy alone hosts hundreds of millions of potentially habitable planets.

The detection of extraterrestrial life requires rigorous scientific evidence meeting three crucial criteria: measurement of a meaningful quantity, a strong signal with low probability of arising by ...

Pseudoscience is a system of explanations, methods, and assumptions that pose as science but don’t follow core scientific principles like testability and falsifiability. Pseudoscience is different ...

Timeline Challenge (https://timelinechallenge.hudsonalpha.org) engages students in a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) task while they investigate critical advances in agriculture and biotechnology. This ...

Chris Impey receives funding from the Natonal Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the ...