The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and ...

But what is the science behind extraterrestrial life? Is it possible that humans will ever experience "first contact" with an ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

"Until we can separate these signals more clearly, we have to be especially careful not to misinterpret them as signs of life ...

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

Last month, astronomers claimed to have found the strongest evidence ever of alien life on a distant exoplanet named K2-18 b.

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

An astonishing new claim that we have finally discovered “alien life” has left the space world reeling. The world of ...

British astronaut Tim Peake has claimed that there is complex, intelligent life beyond Earth. He predicted an imminent ...

Claims for the detection of life on other planets go back decades. Here's why you should still be skeptical despite recent ...

The earliest cells harnessed energy through geochemical reactions, a process that LMU researchers have now successfully ...

The existence of alien life on planet K2-18b, located 124 light years away, is under scrutiny following recent claims of ...