Humans are affecting the Earth’s systems on a global scale. Industrial pollutants are accumulating in our atmosphere with the potential for long-term impact on global climate and biodiversity. This is ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists think we could be closer than ever to finding alien life on other planets – with a new simple method. This month, Manuel Scherf and Helmut Lammer of the Austrian Academy of Sciences ...

In recent decades, exoplanets discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. These distant worlds, orbiting stars beyond our Sun, have opened an entirely new chapter in astronomy. Once ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien ...

Jim Spencer said the book was "an out-of-this-world find" A rare book predicting alien life could sell for thousands at auction. The book, published in 1698, was found at a free antique valuation ...