Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Some scientists think alien ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Ken Crawford/Wikimedia Commons There’s a theory that’s in vogue in ...

It could be the gadget that finds alien life. Nasa has revealed a 'chemical laptop' it hopes to one day send to Mars or Europa. The 'mini lab' would be the most sensitive device of its kind ever to ...

There’s a theory that’s in vogue in astrochemistry called “Assembly Theory.” It posits that highly complex molecules—many acids, for example—could only come from living beings. The molecules are ...