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

Astronomers have recently detected potential signs of microbial life on the exoplanet K2-18b, an ocean-covered world located 120 light years from Earth. This discovery suggests that the planet could ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Hidden within Cassiopeia A, the youngest known exploded star in our galaxy, astronomers have found surprisingly high levels of chlorine and potassium. These elements carry an odd number of protons in ...