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

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

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

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

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

A small icy moon orbiting Saturn is a likely candidate to host outer space life, as a major space organisation is targeting ...

Imagine a planet orbiting the largest known star, Stevenson 218. This video explores the tantalizing scientific possibility ...

Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...

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

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but ...

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

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, ...