Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

NASA is quietly turning a long‑range dream into hardware, backing a suite of technologies for a so‑called “Super Hubble” that would put the search for alien life at the center of its next flagship ...