Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate also known as water bears—are the only animals observed to survive the intense radiation and ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if we found alien life on Enceladus.

The eight-year, £1.4bn voyage into deep space will explore the frozen oceans of Ganymede, Europa and Callisto In a few days, a £1.4bn probe will be blasted into space on an eight-year mission to find ...

Astrobiologists think extraterrestrial civilisations grow so much that they hit crisis points, missing the chance to set out ...

It is easy to wax lyrical about aliens. The prospect of life on other planets has shaped much of our culture and continues to inspire books, TV shows, movies – and the odd conspiracy theory of course.

BRITISH scientists have claimed alien lifeforms may have evolved in a similar way to the organisms here on Earth. A new study from the University of Oxford suggested that the process of natural ...

Many astronomers are no longer asking whether there is life elsewhere in the Universe. The question on their minds is instead: when will we find it? Many are optimistic of detecting life signs on a ...

One of humanity's greatest mysteries might have been solved 50 years ago - but NASA might have destroyed all evidence of it. Since its formation, the space agency has performed a series of projects to ...

Alien life may one day be found not from radio signals beamed across the cosmos but from an all-too-familiar side-effect of civilisation: pollution. It's the Earth's atmosphere that he's usually ...

Experts stress need for transparency while aiming to prevent premature announcements and protect scientists ...

While the multiverse is a difficult topic to explore, Paul Sutter explains why it's so complex and if it can help us discover extraterrestrial life. A parallel universe is a fun topic in physics, but ...

When a scientific controversy or breakthrough dominates headlines, press officers and journalists often quote a handful of ...