NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...
Scientists have discovered a 'super–Earth' planet less than 20 light–years away, and it could have the right conditions for alien life. The exoplanet, dubbed GJ 251 c, is at least four times larger ...
Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...
The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.