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 early atmospheres of rocky planets are thought to form mostly from gases released from the surface of the planet as a result of the intense heating during the accretion of planetary building ...

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 ...

Scroll down for the mind-blowing trick to find this planet A GIGANTIC planet deemed “too big for its own sun” has been found – and scientists say it “should not exist”. The alien world – named LHS ...

NASA is set to launch a brand new space telescope that can see 100 times more than the Hubble Space Telescope and could help scientists develop the technology to spot alien worlds. The Nancy Grace ...

alien beings living on a distant world around another star would look 'just like animals on Earth' and be formed from the same processes, an astrobiologist claims. Arik Kershenbaum, author of a new ...

Researchers have confirmed the mass of a free-floating planet thanks to a lucky convergence of ground- and space-based ...

It's common knowledge that there are eight planets in our solar system. Or are there? Astronomers are starting to think that there might be a ninth planet tucked away, right on the edge of our solar ...

Humanity has spent a lot of time looking for signs of extraterrestrial life, but less time has been spent pondering whether alien life could be looking for us – until now. Astronomers in New York have ...

A water world ruled by octopus-like creatures. A planet divided by light and dark where the sun never rises. And a lava hell where molten rock rains from the sky. These are not descriptions of foreign ...

Other solar systems could have large numbers of planets that are home to alien life, a new study has found. The research suggests that other parts of the universe could be host to numerous planets ...

Doctor Who viewers latched onto a significant detail in the latest episode of series 14, 'Boom', which seemingly made little sense. Despite the sticky situation of The Doctor being paralysed by a ...