For exoplanet hunters, distance is the biggest hurdle. The search for life beyond our solar system has turned to analyzing the compositions of alien atmospheres with telescopes at home, which is an ...

Recent observations suggest that scientists have identified potential microbial fingerprints in the atmospheres of other planets, raising intriguing questions about the possibility of alien life ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien ...

The search for alien life often sparks the imagination with images of extraterrestrial beings and strange worlds. However, a new theory is shifting the focus—what if life elsewhere in the universe ...

A helium balloon has descended from the ceiling in my home and begun wandering from room to room like an alien visitor from another planet. And it got me speculating about exotic life that might exist ...

U.S. scientists have come up with two new tools to determine which moons and planets in the universe are most likely to harbour alien life. And they have used those tools to rank many other planets ...

Located just 40 light years away, the worlds were found orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star known as TRAPPIST-1 You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.

Earth may be the only planet in the universe that we know to support life. However, astronomers have identified several alien exoplanets that could have even better environments, making them ...

Water may not be essential to support life, and an entirely different type of liquid could do the same in alien worlds, a new study claims. Until now, water has been considered a requirement for life ...

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 ...

“Cloudy for the morning, turning to clear with scorching heat in the afternoon.” While this might describe a typical late-summer day in many places on Earth, it may also apply to planets outside our ...