There might be many more planets that could be home to aliens than we thought, according to a new study. For years, scientists have searched for life in the “habitable” or “goldilocks” zone – where it ...

K2-18b resides within the habitable zone of its star, making the presence of liquid water and thus life possible. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected molecules in K2-18b's ...

Alien life on a new planet “may not have DNA like humans but might walk on two legs”, experts have revealed. It follows the discovery of an extraterrestrial world around 120 light years away from ...

Is water enough to find alien life? New research reveals phosphorus and nitrogen are crucial. Discover the 'chemical ...

An ocean world that’s teeming with microbes — and who knows what other kinds of life — is currently the best explanation for some chemical signatures that the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted in ...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...