The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

NASA has selected advanced technologies to power a future space telescope designed to image Earth-like planets and search ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

Imagine a planet orbiting the largest known star, Stevenson 218. This video explores the tantalizing scientific possibility of alien worlds around a red supergiant. We examine the challenges of ...

Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but likely as 'grey sludge' ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for ...

A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to support contemporary life.

"Star Trek" is home to countless alien species, many of whom offer beloved characters. Some are not. We rank the 10 most ...