A Stanford scientist's model suggests many small rocky planets can't sustain atmospheres, potentially explaining the scarcity ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

In Sarah Merrett’s thrilling debut, The Others, set in 1900, a young boy loses his astronomer grandmother – and finds a ...

An alien planet has been discovered that may be "teeming with life" as scientists reveal the exact date we will know whether extraterrestrials exist could be "within one to two years". Lead researcher ...

NASA has an ambitious “Super-Hubble” space camera project to seek out alien planets. Researchers are keen to identify and take pics of at least 25 potentially habitable worlds beyond our solar system.

JWST lacks the precision to detect life on exoplanets, and this new telescope aims to change that.

HUNTING for aliens is now a little easier as scientists discover a new sign that gives away life on far-off planets. This illustration shows a potential ‘Hycean world’ – the kind that might show signs ...

Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according ...

Scientists say extraterrestrial life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but vast distances, enormous energy requirements ...

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

Alien life could take many different forms, but one possibility is captivating scientists: alien "plants". What would they look like? And how could we find them? On the Orion arm of the Milky Way ...

Scientists say there's already a way to spot it, too HUNTING for aliens is now a little easier as scientists discover a new sign that gives away life on far-off planets. Importantly, this new signal ...