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 ...

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 ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system," according to a University of Cambridge study.

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

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has long intrigued scientists for its potential to harbor alien life. Recent studies have ...

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

Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had ...

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

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...