This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which lie within the star’s habitable zone. In the foreground is TRAPPIST-1 b, ...

A "super-Earth" 1400 light years away has emerged as the exoplanet most likely of any known to support alien life. Kepler 452b, discovered in 2015, lies in the middle of a newly identified ...

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions within the next few decades. Maggie Aderin-Pocock says she is “absolutely ...

In recent decades, exoplanets discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos. These distant worlds, orbiting stars beyond our Sun, have opened an entirely new chapter in astronomy. Once ...

It's one of life's biggest questions – are we alone in the universe? Now, in good news for sci–fi fans, one of Britain's top space scientists has declared she is 'absolutely convinced' there are ...

Interest in unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) surged in February when Barack Obama stated aliens are "real," though he ...