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

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.

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 ...

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

Scientists have identified a new clue in the hunt for alien life on distant planets. A team from the University of Birmingham and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe far-off worlds with ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...