Earth plants could thrive under the light of an alien sun, according to a recent experiment. A team of astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under ...

Mysterious red lights falling from space, initially thought to be alien signals, have been identified by scientists as red sprites. These rare upper-atmosphere lightning phenomena occur high above ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Auroras have been detected on Mars before. However, unlike in this artist's illustration, they do ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has captured the first-ever photo of "naked eye" auroras on Mars. The alien light show — snapped after the Red Planet was battered by a powerful solar storm last year — is ...

NASA's Perseverance rover recently captured a photo of green auroras shining in the Martian sky for the first time. The alien light show, previously assumed to be impossible, could be visible to ...