News recently broke that scientists discovered an alien planet that had the highest ever chances of human life, and it's only 124 light years away. While that may be out of reach for humans now, the ...

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a planet full of aliens was ever discovered? It's pretty mind-boggling to think just how vast the universe could be, and how much life could actually exist ...

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

Incredible 'super Earth' is the closest exoplanet every discovered and is orbiting a solar system just 14 light years away Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have made an exciting and potentially ground-breaking discovery in the search for alien life, after detecting signs of a gas produced only by living organisms on a distant water planet.

The research is mounting up that we might not be alone in this big wide world. So what's the likelihood that aliens are out ...

The Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater for years, but it's never found an otherworldly object quite like this one until now.

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 ...

A Google Earth sleuth claims to have found a figure that looks like an alien's face in the snow in Antarctica. A satellite image shared on the r/strangeearth Reddit page last week has sparked intrigue ...

A huge "nightmare world" where it "rains glass" and winds blow at a speed of up to 5,400mph has been found just 64.5 light-years from Earth. Scientists have discovered a terrifying alien planet that, ...