Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

The curious minds at What If reveal a planet scientists found that could host alien life, exploring atmosphere, water, and ...

Dubbed HD 137010 b, the planet might fall just within the outer edges of its star's 'habitable zone', meaning there could be liquid water on its surface and a suitable atmosphere for life.

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

More planets could be homes for aliens than we thought, scientists say - Planets we thought were not inhabitable might ...

Musk compared consciousness to a candle in a “vast darkness" during remarks about aliens at the World Economic Forum in Davos ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is analyzing the atmospheres of distant planets with a level of precision never achieved before. Scientists are now detecting gases that, on Earth, are closely linked to ...

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for potential alien life elsewhere. Saturn's moon Enceladus (shown here in a 2006 ...