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

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

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

Will we discover alien life by 2075? A top scientist predicts we will. Learn about the search for life beyond Earth, from ...

NASA has no announcements to make about the discovery of alien life. A hacking group 'Anonymous' posted a video on YouTube suggesting that Nasa is about to announce the discovery of life beyond Earth.

In recent decades, exoplanets discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. These distant worlds, orbiting stars beyond our Sun, have opened an entirely new chapter in astronomy. Once ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

An international team of researches has announced the discovery of a super-Earth exoplanet (designated GJ 251 c) situated in its host star’s habitable zone less than 20 light-years from our own. What ...

Scientists may soon detect alien life. Astronomer David Kipping suggests initial signals will be loud and unusual. This is because the first detected civilizations might be in decline. Past ...

The exoplanet, called K2-18b, contains huge quantities of dimethyl sulphide - a chemical only produced by living organisms. The planet is 124 light-years from Earth - so it would take us hundreds of ...