A small icy moon orbiting Saturn is a likely candidate to host outer space life, as a major space organisation is targeting ...

Imagine a planet orbiting the largest known star, Stevenson 218. This video explores the tantalizing scientific possibility ...

British space scientist Dame Maggie Aderin–Pocock is sure that life is present on some other planet in the universe. Citing ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...

It's one of life's biggest questions - are we alone in the universe? Now, one of Britain's top space scientists has declared ...

A planet that could have similar conditions to Earth has been found 40 light years away. Gliese 12b is about the size of Venus. It's a lot cooler than other planets found outside of the solar system - ...

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

In recent decades, exoplanets discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. These distant worlds, orbiting stars beyond our Sun, have opened an entirely new chapter in astronomy. Once ...

The hunt for potential life in outer space has taken a step forward - an international team of researchers has discovered the first earth-sized planet within the "habitable zone" of another star. The ...

Neil Armstrong did not find them on the moon and the Mars probes have yet to meet them, but thousands of humans are still convinced there are aliens out there, somewhere. And there is a strong belief ...