Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests. Reading time 3 minutes The search for alien life usually hinges on finding the ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

As many as 200 worlds beyond our solar system discovered by astronomers may be larger than estimated, which could influence the search for extraterrestrial life. That's the theory of a team of ...

Many experts believe that aliens exist in the universe, with the key elements needed to sustain life found on comets, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at ...

The traditional astrophysical recipe for life as we know it is quite simple: Get a rocky, gas-shrouded world in a “habitable zone” orbit around a star so that it’s not too hot or too cold. Then just ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

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When the James Webb Space Telescope detected potential biosignatures in the atmosphere of K2-18 b last year, the discovery sparked intense debate. Here was a sub-Neptune exoplanet 124 light years away ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.