A year on this planet is very different from one on Earth A TERRIFYING alien planet that “rains glass” lurks just 64.5 lightyears from Earth. Described as a “nightmare world” by Nasa, the giant ...

Scientists have peered through the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system and discovered weather patterns "like something out of science fiction". For the first time ever, astronomers mapped ...

09:39, Thu, Jan 16, 2025 Updated: 09:39, Thu, Jan 16, 2025 Scientists have discovered a terrifying alien planet that, while it may look like Earth, conceals some deadly conditions that have led NASA ...

Scientists have imagined what an Earth-like planet orbiting relatively nearby could look like – and will now set out to find it. Researchers are looking for alien life in a variety of ways: the James ...

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 ...

Scientists believe they have discovered the strongest signs yet of alien life on a distant ocean-covered planet far beyond our solar system. The possible landmark discovery was made by scientists ...

In a 'transformational' discovery, scientists have discovered the strongest evidence of life on a distant alien planet. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found huge ...

SCIENTISTS hunting for life on distant worlds may have more luck looking for enormous fires or fields of crops than radio signals beamed from super-advanced technologies. That’s according to new ...

Water may not be essential to support life, and an entirely different type of liquid could do the same in alien worlds, a new study claims. Until now, water has been considered a requirement for life ...

A TERRIFYING alien planet that "rains glass" lurks just 64.5 lightyears from Earth. Described as a "nightmare world" by Nasa, the giant exoplanet has staggeringly fast winds that reach up to 5,400mph.