The first sign of possible extraterrestrials detected in the cosmos didn't come in the form of little green aliens flying around in saucer-shaped spacecraft. In fact, the life that could be – emphasis ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge announced this week what they believe is the strongest evidence so far of extraterrestrial life. The place in question is not within our solar system, but ...

Scientists discovered what they believe to be signs of life on a distant planet, known as K2-18b. They are basing their claims on the discovery of molecules that are similar ones located on Earth, and ...

Could alien life be hiding just 120 light-years away? That’s the question raised by a new study led by Professor Nikku Madhusudhan of the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy. Published on ...

Signals from a distant world have pushed the search for alien life out of science fiction and into the realm of testable ...

A team of astronomers have detected what they call the most promising signs to date of a possible biosignature, or signs of past or present life linked to biological activity, on an exoplanet named K2 ...

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have found signs of what could finally settle the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe? Nearly 124 light years away from Earth, on ...