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

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

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 ...

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

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar neighbor, which lies just 4.2 light-years away — thanks to a powerful new ...

Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests. Reading time 3 minutes The search for alien life usually hinges on finding the ...

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

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

James Webb Telescope: The most ambitious and powerful space observatory ever built is set to launch Researchers believe that there could be potential lifeforms producing ammonia in the clouds of Venus ...

As many as 200 worlds beyond our solar system discovered by astronomers may be larger than estimated, which could influence the search for extraterrestrial life. That's the theory of a team of ...