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

Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...

In the many decades of NASA exploration, there has only been one detection that got on that scale. It was collected by the ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Three years into its mission, the James Webb Space Telescope has advanced the search for alien life more than any machine before it. What will it find next? When you purchase through links on our site ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a shocking secret hidden in the clouds of an exoplanet 124 light years away. K2 ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

A new study presented at the 2025 EPSC/DPS Joint Meeting proposes that the rarity of specific geological and atmospheric conditions necessary for technologically advanced life significantly limits the ...

High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for potential alien life elsewhere. Saturn's moon Enceladus (shown here in a 2006 ...

A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the researcher points to panspermia, a theory that life or the ingredients for life came ...

A mysterious red jellyfish-like flashes, which were spotted in the sky, sparked rumours about aliens sending signals to our planet. People said that it “looked alien” as the flashes glowed brightly in ...

Polling shows that nearly half of Americans now believe aliens have visited this planet—and that the number who aren't sure ...