But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

You don't need a rocket ship to visit another world. Right here on planet Earth, there are bizarre landscapes that defy ...

SIGNS of an alien planet that’s about the same size as Earth have been picked by up a Nasa telescope. Scientists say it might ...

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp question: if alien signals have already reached Earth without us noticing, what ...

Three decades ago, in 1995, humankind discovered the first planet beyond the borders of our solar system. It's called 51 Pegasi b, and it spins around its main-sequence star (meaning not unlike our ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's depiction of 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet found orbiting a sunlike star. | Credit ...

The odds are that life is out there – but rather than little green men, it may look more like hydrothermal vent tubeworms ...