If life exists elsewhere, it might not be on worlds like Earth. Here are some of the more peculiar places scientists are ...

Intelligent alien life remains one of the greatest unanswered questions in astronomy, inspiring the search for ...

Best known for dissolving bodies in bathtubs, sulfuric acid has the potential to be the elixir of life on other worlds.

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b ...

A new study from researchers in Japan suggests that a better way to search for alien life might be to look for suspiciously similar planets that are close to each other. The idea is that if life has ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium gas escaping from the atmosphere of LHS 1140b propelled this exoplanet from ...

Everyone has probably looked up at the night sky and wondered, 'Is there someone out there somewhere in this universe?' It's ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...