A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

Despite a concerning lack of updates since season 1 concluded, Alien: Earth is ready to begin shooting its second season in May, at a studio that's steeped in history for the franchise.

That means if aliens were to exist, and they were located some 66 million light-years from Earth, they’d theoretically still ...

Aliens exist - they just haven't visited Earth, NASA veteran Dr Gentry Lee has claimed.

Stellar plasma can smear alien radio signals before they escape their star system, making them harder for astronomers to detect.

New Scans of a Martian Meteorite That Landed on Earth Strengthen ‘Alien Life’ Claims ...

Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets ...

Humans could have come from Mars, scientists have said. A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes could travel between planets on asteroids, meaning humans could be descended ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

You don't need a rocket ship to visit another world. Right here on planet Earth, there are bizarre landscapes that defy expectations. They're real places you could visit with nothing more than a plane ...

Scientists identify exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b, a possible Earth-size world orbiting a Sun-like star 146 light-years away ...