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

Some scientific breakthroughs may be lost to time due to scandal and redaction, while others are simply a case of waiting for ...

Earlier, 3I/ATLAS was being rumoured to be an alien spaceship that might be heading to probe Earth, now that it has flown by ...

The faraway moon has 'a slushy high-pressure ice layer' similar to the melting Arctic that could hide extraterrestrial life.

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, the third such visitor ever observed, is exhibiting unusual energy and chemical behavior as it ...

A groundbreaking study published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences suggests that a remote rock quarry in Algeria ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

It's one of life's biggest questions - are we alone in the universe? Now, one of Britain's top space scientists has declared ...

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS puzzles scientists with a sunward anti-tail and wobbling jets, revealing secrets of alien solar ...

That book is none other than Ursula K. Le Guin's classic novel The Left Hand of Darkness, which is Carol Sturka's (Rhea ...

Moss in Outer Space In 2022, Space.com reported, a package containing spreading earthmoss spores hitched a ride with the ...

It might seem worlds away from the Earth we know. But can "Star Trek" teach us anything about the economics of our own ...