NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

Scientists have discovered a new way oxygen can form in carbon-dioxide-rich atmospheres of worlds beyond our own —- challenging assumptions about how we should search for life on other planets, and ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

we may never encounter an alien intelligence. On the other hand, the first intimation of life from a distant planet feels thrillingly close. “You never know what’s going to happen,” Seager says.

It takes only 4.47 days for the planet to orbit its host star, at only 0.046 AU (astronomical units). This tightly packed arrangement causes the planet to have an equilibrium temperature of a searing ...

"Best of all," added the Mail, it lies just 19.7 light-years away from Earth, raising the "tantalising possibility" of being able to photograph it and, of course, "any aliens lurking there".

Well, we could be closer to discovering whether there really is alien life out there after researchers discovered a new ...

Potential for alien life in our solar system Those water bodies ... and why didn't every other planet get them?" McCoy said. "This may be part of the answer." Read next ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 ... They say it is part of a planetary system containing two other planets. It orbits a G-type star, like the Sun, at a ...