Alien lifeforms 'unlike anything we've ever seen' may be living in the clouds of Venus, a new study has claimed. With an atmosphere thick with carbon dioxide and a surface hot enough to melt lead, it ...

Astronomers have spotted water vapor and evidence of exotic clouds in the atmosphere of an alien planet known as HAT-P-26b. The researchers also determined that HAT-P-26b's atmosphere is dominated by ...

The strange clouds were spotted forming over Melbourne Airport on Thursday evening. The clouds appeared to droop and clump together to form little pouches. Photos of the clouds were uploaded to ...

People across Scotland were treated to a strange rainbow-coloured cloud in the sky on Sunday, prompting some to calling it "alien". Scots around the country were quick to snap a picture of the unusual ...

Venus could be becoming "more habitable" after evidence of bacterial "lifeforms" were found in its clouds, scientists have said. Researchers from Cardiff University, MIT and Cambridge University have ...

Scientific research has uncovered that potential life forms could be producing a colourless gas in the clouds of Venus 'unlike anything we've seen' before. Researchers from Cardiff University, MT and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Researchers from Cardiff University, MIT and Cambridge University have suggested the terrestrial planet, which is 29.42 million miles from Earth and often described as Earth's "sister" or "twin" due ...

Nasa's Terra satellite spotted the clouds off the coast of Florida in America Nasa space cameras have snapped a photograph of a rare strange-looking cloud that looks a bit like a group of flying ...

Many people in Scotland saw an unusual cloud in the sky on Sunday night, and were keen to share photos of the "alien" and "breathtaking" rainbow-coloured formation. People across Scotland were treated ...

Researchers believe that there could be potential lifeforms producing ammonia in the clouds of Venus that are “very unlike anything we’ve seen”. The colourless gas, a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen ...