The search for intelligent life in our galaxy is shifting from abstract speculation to detailed cartography, as researchers ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, ...

The big picture: Nearly 6,000 exoplanets have now been confirmed in the vast expanse of the Milky Way galaxy. Some are believed to have the potential to harbor life, while others are so hostile that ...

Near the start of the Alien: Covenant film, the crew intercepts a mysterious signal coming from Planet 4 and the acting captain, Chris Oram redirects the USCSS Covenant there, seeing it as possibly a ...

Scientists have detected a hidden alien planet by examining the orbits of the known worlds in the star system, known as Kepler-139. The newfound exoplanet, called Kepler-139f, is a gigantic world ...