Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on how life is on ... it’s just that we haven’t spotted it yet. There are some ideas that more advanced civilizations might ...

Most of us are reserving judgment on whether there is intelligent life on other planets; we haven’t even found bacteria yet, much less a race of aliens with Internet service and takeout food.

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them can help us determine if there was ever enough water on Mars to sustain ...

Their mission could "change the way we look at the possibility of life on other planets too," the researchers say. The initial discovery confounded marine scientists. It was previously accepted ...

There are hundreds of millions of planets around other stars in our Milky Way galaxy ... by scientists as essential in the hunt for life because only planets that are in this zone could ...

Has the discovery of ancient fossils in Western Australia provided the vital clues that will allow us to find life on other planets? It’s a long way from Brisbane to Los Angeles, 11,559 ...

So scientists are using different methods to see if there is life on planets other than the Earth. Space probes can explore other planets without needing astronauts. Some of the missions ...

The kidney bean-shaped sand dunes spotted ... of life on Mars. In October last year, a NASA study stated that microbes might find a potential home beneath the frozen water on the Red Planet's ...