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

A new study challenges the traditional boundaries of the habitable zone, showing that liquid water could exist on the dark ...

While they may look and are weird, these alien Green Lanterns are dedicated to protecting the universe from evil’s might.

Our search for extraterrestrial life has turned up empty, perhaps because technologically advanced civilizations are doomed ...

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 ...

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was ...

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was ...

Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the "Goldilocks Zone" around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the temperature is just right for liquid water to pool ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

Earthlings, brace yourselves: the galaxy may be emptier than your last Tinder date. According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.