From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Venus and Mars may have once supported life. This video explores the evidence and theories surrounding the potential for life ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

The faraway moon has 'a slushy high-pressure ice layer' similar to the melting Arctic that could hide extraterrestrial life.

A strange world just 47 light-years from Earth is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about alien planets. Hidden ...

Mysterious rocky exoplanet with cratered surface floating in front of a colorful cosmic nebula filled with glowing stars, ...

Vladimir Putin jokes that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is a 'secret weapon' as the mysterious object sweeps past Earth.

The 3I/ATLAS interstellar object, which a number of scientists consider to be potentially technological and likely to pose a threat to humanity, is rapidly approaching Earth, causing a new round of ...

Researchers have pushed back on NASA's claims that 3I/ATLAS is an ordinary comet, just hours before it makes its closest ...

Humanity has sent into space everything from lightsabers and Tesla Roadsters to golden records and entire digital genetic ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

Think you know your Dyson spheres from your dark blobs? This cosmic crossword dives into the strangest, most mind-bending ...