A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these ...

What would happen if we finally confirmed alien life exists? The alien inquiry explores the scientific search for extraterrestrial organisms and intelligent civilizations. From distant planets to ...

When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

The BBC star opened up about what would happen if he discovered alien life ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes could travel between planets on asteroids, meaning humans could be descended from Martians. Astrobiologists have long speculated that ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern ...

As we wade through a spring of grim world news, what a treat to experience an effusion of old-school American can-do at its most inventive and most humane. The first great blockbuster of the year sees ...

Radio silence has long puzzled those searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, but the answer might lie much closer to the source of potential signals than previously thought. Conditions around ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.