Earth would be terrifying if we celebrated Halloween every 11 hours, a possibility on a super-Earth investigated by the JWST, ...

Alien life may not need the kind of home humans instinctively search for. Some of the strangest possibilities begin once ...

On planet Earth, our 'secondary atmosphere' has been with us for billions of years and its chemical balance reflects the ...

Dark Eden, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, takes place on a rogue planet outside the Milky Way.

Finding alien life could shake some people to their very souls, but different religions can take very distinct approaches to ...

It’s very likely that comets carrying organic materials have crashed into Earth at some points in our distant past. The issue ...

Computer models challenge the idea that comet impacts reliably supplied concentrated ingredients for life’s origins on Earth.

It’s only natural for us to think about life beyond the stars, wondering if there’s any other form of intelligent beings out ...

Scientists at the University of New Mexico have played a key role in identifying a rare, 4.1-billion-year-old Martian ...

The study challenges a century-old theory that the celestial bodies delivered the molecular “building blocks” for life on the ...

Ridley Scott is developing a new Alien movie connected to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, with Aaron Guzikowski writing the ...

Just in time for Halloween, scientists have announced the discovery of a decidedly spooky green star, the first ever found.