Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

A former Bank of England analyst warns that confirming alien life could trigger financial chaos, urging authorities to ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions within the next few decades. Maggie Aderin-Pocock says she is “absolutely ...

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 ...