For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on distant exoplanets and the rusty plains of Mars. Now, a small ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

Science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” And perhaps that fear is what ...

A small icy moon orbiting Saturn is a likely candidate to host outer space life, as a major space organisation is targeting ...