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

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

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a ...

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

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

James Webb has detected a molecule in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b that could be linked to life. The molecule, ...

A small icy moon orbiting Saturn is a likely candidate to host outer space life, as a major space organisation is targeting ...

The most important aspect of this is that, with a possible atmosphere and liquid water, this planet lies within the habitable ...

A new study referencing a past NASA Cassini observation found the presence of 'slushy tunnels' in Saturn's largest moon Titan ...

Researchers noted that two other teams conducted independent searches of 3I/ATLAS at different frequencies. Neither group detected credible artificial radio signals. Scientists say the findings ...

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

Because Titan is tidally locked, the same side of the moon faces Saturn all the time, just like our own moon and Earth. Saturn’s gravitational pull is so intense that it deforms the moon’s surface, ...