James Webb Telescope: The most ambitious and powerful space observatory ever built is set to launch Researchers believe that there could be potential lifeforms producing ammonia in the clouds of Venus ...

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year ...

One group of experts now say that looking for life on water and oxygen-rich planets could be a waste of time.

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that high-pressure reactions between hydrogen and molten rock within sub-Neptunes ...

A planet that could have similar conditions to Earth has been found 40 light years away. Gliese 12b is about the size of Venus. It's a lot cooler than other planets found outside of the solar system - ...

Is water enough to find alien life? New research reveals phosphorus and nitrogen are crucial. Discover the 'chemical ...

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, you're a large object like a moon or a planet; scientists suspect you also ...

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with exactly the right amount of oxygen in its mix.

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 ...

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 ...