The logical place for scientists to search for signs of Earth -like alien life is around Sun -like stars, but as new research points out, almost half the Sun-like stars in the universe could present a ...

Scientists have spotted an ‘alien’ asteroid in our solar system, which they believe is the first object to enter our system from another. The asteroid, known as 2015 BZ509 and currently in Jupiter’s ...

Something like this only occurs every nine million years. Astronomers say no other star is known to have approached this close to our Sun. This small, old, cool star, is also known as a ''red dwarf''.

Humans have been searching for signs of alien life for many years. From signals from space to potential sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the sky, mankind’s curiosity has sought to ...

A mystery alien object that has come from interstellar space has been spotted travelling through the Solar System. The object, thought to be about 12 miles in diameter, is likely to be a comet or ...

Scientists have just completed an extensive search for signs of alien communications technology in the Milky Way's 'solar system 2.0'. Penn State astronomers and scientists at the SETI Institute, ...

Located some 325 light-years from Earth, the exoplanet was unexpectedly discovered with the aid of the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very Large Telescope (VLT). The powerful instrument ...

A leading space expert has warned that the cosmos is bustling with extra-terrestrial life at various evolutionary stages, and we should steer clear of them to prevent a real-life Star Wars scenario.

Scientists are looking for evidence of alien technology in a faraway solar system with the most perfect mathematical alignment and synchrony of planets ever seen. The solar system, about 100 light ...

If an alien megastructure indeed encircles a star known as KIC 8462852, it's 1,500 years old and no one may be home anymore. A: The star known as KIC 8462852 does have an unusual light pattern, ...

An extraordinary visitor from beyond our solar system, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, is baffling scientists as it streams out carbon-rich chemical compounds at a rate rarely seen in our own cosmic ...