Alien Life

Novel network of more than 100 telescopes will hunt for signs of alien life in space

The telescopes will work on a billionth of a second timescale helping astronomers to study the universe's behavior.

NASA's new space telescope, James Webb, can be used to identify planets with oxygen

Scientists cannot go, visit other planets to find signs of life and can use this telescope to do so.

Freezing Super Earth just six light years away could harbour alien life: Study

The exoplanet Barnard b was confirmed as existing just recently after 20 years of observations.

Clouds of Venus may possibly have alien life as scientists suggest microbes may have evolved on the planet

The surface conditions on the planet, however, are known to be inhospitable, with temperatures soaring above 450 degrees Celsius.

Alien life could be more common than we thought, say scientists studying microorganism fossil

The evidence that a diverse group of organisms had already evolved extremely early in the Earth’s history strengthens the case for life existing elsewhere in the universe.

NASA waves away rumours of announcement regarding extraterrestrial life

NASA said that it has no announcement regarding extraterrestrial life, following a wave of media reports that it was about to announce evidence of aliens.

Nasa's James Webb space telescope to determine if Trappist-1 exoplanets could support life

Astronomers believe that Nasa's upcoming James Webb space telescope could help us find out if any of the seven earth-sized planets around the Trappist-1 star 40 light years away could possibly support life.

ANU research on shapes of distant planet systems increases the chances of finding alien life

ANU researchers have found out that planetary systems around distant stars are shaped like our own solar system.

Study says Mars might have been flooded with water

Scientists have discovered a patch of land in an ancient valley on Mars that may have been flooded by water in the not-too-distant past and could serve as the prime target to begin searching for evidence of life forms on the red planet.

Simple test to detect extraterrestrial life developed by Nasa

NASA scientists have developed a simple method that could aid search for signs of extraterrestrial life on other planets by analysing amino acids, the structural building blocks of all life on Earth.