The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The unusual specimen raised eyebrows because it appeared capable of causing levitation. An official investigation has not ...

Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb claims the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is not just a comet, but a technological artefact sent by an advanced civilisation to 'sow' life on Earth.

Hopes of finding alien life on planet K2-18b are rapidly fading, as new observations appear to show no detectable evidence of the biomolecule previous studies had seen hints of. Most scientists agree ...

Scientists have said that in a cosmos filled with trillions of stars, intelligent alien life will form ‘in only a matter of time’. If it hasn’t already, that is. Many astronomers say that for life to ...

Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests. Reading time 3 minutes The search for alien life usually hinges on finding the ...

• Simulate planetary conditions more precisely Future Missions: Europa Clipper, Dragonfly, and Mars Life Explorer will carry tools to detect isotopes and chirality ...

Is alien invasion armageddon coming for us in November? That's the speculation set off by a legitimate academic study recently published by a team of scientists. In early July, a previously ...

A mysterious interstellar comet with bizarre features has revived one of the boldest scientific claims yet, the possibility that Earth’s life may have been intentionally “seeded” by an advanced ...