For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on distant exoplanets and the rusty plains of Mars. Now, a small ...

New research casts doubt on the prospects for a habitable, active environment beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon ...

There’s no place like Earth anywhere else in the solar system, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’re alone. Scientists have identified a number of places where life might have once existed and where ...

Scientists think a planet may have crashed into Earth 4.5 billion years ago, creating the moon. This alien planet, Theia, was thought to have completely disappeared in the collision. A new study ...

A new study reveals Jupiter's moon Europa likely lacks active geology on its seafloor, reducing chances of life in its vast ...

They’re running rings around Uranus. New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien life. Scientists from Johns Hopkins ...

The search for life beyond Earth has generally focused on places that are as much like our home as possible. That’s why the Kepler space mission has gotten headline after headline after headline in ...

Astrophysicist Jack Burns of the University of Colorado Boulder described the moment as the "dawn of radio astronomy from the moon." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...