Washington, June 12 (ANI): The autonomous, solar-powered Zoe, which became the first robot to map microbial life during a 2005 field expedition in Chile's Atacama Desert, is returning to the world's driest desert this month on a NASA astrobiology mission to search for subsurface life.

Washington, May 18 (ANI): Researchers from the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, and the space robotics company Honeybee Robotics, have successfully completed a first series of field tests aimed at investigating how humans will explore and work on near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and eventually the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos.

Washington, Apr 20 (ANI): Two super-Earth planets, which had been discovered by NASA's Kepler mission along with a new planetary system that is home to five small planets around a slightly smaller star than the Sun, may sustain life after all.

Washington, April 2 (ANI): The answer to whether or not we are alone in the universe could be inside every cell in our body, two researchers has suggested.

London, Feb. 22 (ANI): "Vulcan" is leading the contention in a vote to name two of Pluto's recently discovered moons.

Washington, Feb 8 (ANI): No evidence of transmitting aliens were reported when SETI astronomers completed their first "directed" search in an effort to search for intelligent extraterrestrials.

Washington, August 1 (ANI): As NASA's Curiosity rover prepares for an historic landing on Mars, Universe Today is teaming up with Google, the SETI Institute and CosmoQuest to provide unprecedented, live coverage of the event.

Washington, July 12(ANI): A team of astronomers has discovered a fifth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto, thanks to NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Washington, June 27 (ANI): Leading scientists have once again got themselves embroiled in the debate about the existence of God or a god's involvement in the Big Bang.

Kathmandu, May 6 (Xinhua-ANI): Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai announced relief packages to the flood victims of Seti River in Western Nepal.

Kathmandu, May 6 (Xinhua-ANI): The death toll in avalanche in Annapurna range that triggered flood in the Seti River of western Nepal Saturday morning has reached 15, local media reported Sunday.

Kathmandu, May 5 (Xinhua-ANI): As many as 8 bodies have been recovered so far as a major avalanche in Annapurna range triggered a massive flood in Seti River in Kaski district of western Nepal Saturday.

Washington, March 4 (ANI): The SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute is asking the public to join in its hunt for life beyond the Earth.

London, Jan 17 (ANI): Astronomers who are searching for extraterrestrial lives have said that hey would not conceal any information if aliens got in touch and will let us know through witter.

Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Astronomers, who were using data from the Kepler space telescope to become more focused on "listening" for radio signals coming from stars known to have planets orbiting them, seem to have detected the signals for their first "candidate".

Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have suggested that although we have an entire universe to seek out aliens, perhaps looking in our own backyard would be a good place to start.

London, Aug 11 (ANI): Astronomers will now resume their hunt for extraterrestrial life, thanks to backers, including Hollywood star Jodie Foster, whose funding helped raise 200,000 dollars for the project.