In an astronomical first, researchers have measured the magnetic fields of 7 "hot Jupiter" planets beyond our solar system — ...

A newly developed computer model reveals that rocky planets must have a radius at least 80 per cent of Earth to maintain a ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

From lava tubes on Mars to ice pockets on Europa, subterranean environments may offer the best chance of finding life—and living safely—beyond our planet. “I was like, ‘OK, I'm pretty sure that ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have identified just under 50 rocky worlds most likely to be habitable out of ...

This could be why we still haven’t found alien life - Traces left behind by organisms on alien worlds may be too subtle to detect ...

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools ...

They’ve obscured alien worlds from us for years, but clouds could turn out to be where the first hints of extraterrestrial ...

Astrobiologists warn that NASA's current instruments may miss subtle signs of alien life, risking 'false negatives' in the ...