Although it’s by no means certain, scientists are slowly accumulating evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet

We humans are always wondering whether we’re alone in the Universe. But what if we are one of a long line of species that were around long before our planet even existed? This intriguing idea, that li

Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

Using Webb, researchers detected several complex carbon-based molecules ...

One of the best ways to study the Universe is to inspect actual materials from our celestial neighbours. Some naturally fall to Earth as meteorites, but these are few and far between, limited in their

Scientists have pulled a 6-millionyear-old chunk of ice ...