Imagine a planet orbiting the largest known star, Stevenson 218. This video explores the tantalizing scientific possibility ...

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 ...

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

Back in April, the world became captivated by the news that maybe, just maybe, we weren't alone in the universe after all. If extraterrestrials were to exist on a distant exoplanet as a team of ...

A helium balloon has descended from the ceiling in my home and begun wandering from room to room like an alien visitor from another planet. And it got me speculating about exotic life that might exist ...

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 ...

Smile: you might be some alien‘s favourite character on the reality TV show called Earth. A new scientific report suggests that there are 29 planets in our cosmic neighbourhood where alien life could ...

A planet that could have similar conditions to Earth has been found 40 light years away. Gliese 12b is about the size of Venus. It's a lot cooler than other planets found outside of the solar system - ...

Scientists had a mixed response to the announcement of biosignatures spotted on an alien exoplanet. A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around ...

"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...

Can you smell what the rocky planet of Venus is cooking? Because it might be the alien life we’ve been trying so hard to find. Astronomers say they’ve detected a chemical in the Venusian clouds that ...

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has long been of interest to NASA because they believe it could host an ocean underneath its ...