Extraterrestrial Life

Radio signal, worms, mushrooms: Five unproven claims that might point to the existence of alien life

As exciting as they are, it is important to treat claims of alien life with a healthy dose of scepticism.

We have telescopes in space, rovers on other worlds – our search for alien life continues

Ladakh, with its glacial pools, salt-water lakes, hot springs and frozen soils, is an excellent Mars analogue, only being recognized, after international expeditions from 2016 onwards.

Subsurface of Jupiter's moon Europa might have supported microbial life in the past

Europa has an ocean hidden beneath a thick shell of ice and has long has been viewed as a potential habitat for life, alongside Mars and Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

Signs of sulfur can indicate that extraterrestrial life exists in exoplanets

The lab simulations reveal that sulfur can significantly impact observations of far-flung planets beyond the solar system.

Could light, sound pollution attract the interest of advanced aliens out in space?

Scientists have started to wonder why we haven’t heard from aliens yet — are aliens scared of other aliens?

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.

NASA's new $7 million project to search for life in space in an 'agnostic fashion'

The project goes beyond present ways to search for life in the space, and explore unfamiliar routes.

What makes planets 'habitable' questioned, widening prospects of finding others

Earth's volcanoes are found at the border of tectonic plates, which scientists believed were necessary for life.

NASA's Kepler space telescope makes discovery using machine learning from Google

NASA will announce the discovery made by Kepler, which has been searching for alien worlds since 2009, on 14 December.

All the recent findings by NASA that could one day lead to the discovery of extraterrestrial life

There have been a series of announcements in recent months, on conditions suitable to life as we know it on Earth found on bodies elsewhere in the universe.