From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

You're going to see a lot of stories in 2026 claiming soon-to-be-achieved science and tech advances. Here are the ones just ...

Some scientific breakthroughs may be lost to time due to scandal and redaction, while others are simply a case of waiting for ...

To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Learn about the 3I/ATLAS mystery as Harvard's Avi Loeb reveals 'wobbling jets' that could suggest the interstellar visitor is ...

Hubble has captured evidence of extraordinary jet activity from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which challenges established ...

Harvard's Avi Loeb warns interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be alien tech. Experts weigh in on planetary defence and the risks ...

Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...

3I/ATLAS came within 168 million miles of Earth around midnight CST Friday. While that might seem pretty far away, the ...

Scientists say the colour shift in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is due to gases in the comet's coma reacting to solar heat.

A Harvard University astrophysicist has sparked a furious debate by warning he cannot rule out that extraterrestrials are ...

But 3I/ATLAS is no ordinary rock – it’s a comet from beyond the solar system which greeted the Earth on December 19. It’s ...