One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system. We aren't talking about ...

The three-star system, which likely hosts planets, is slowly moving closer to us and will reach its closest point in about 28 ...

HUNTING for aliens is now a little easier as scientists discover a new sign that gives away life on far-off planets.

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

Listen to Story Material ejected from Alpha Centauri has already made the long journey This material travels at modest speeds of less than 2 km per second There could already be around a million such ...

Even the icy planets in our solar system such as Neptune, Uranus or Jupiter's moon Europa, might have harboured plastic ice ...

Scientists have achieved a groundbreaking milestone by creating the first-ever 3D map of an atmosphere on a planet outside our solar system. The unprecedented mapping has revealed extraordinary ...

Scientists say the number of alien objects entering our solar system will also increase exponentially then. One of the notable examples of an interstellar visitor paying us a visit was 'Oumuamua'.

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...