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

Consider a plastic bottle bobbing on the ocean’s surface, thousands of miles from the nearest coastline. To the naked eye, it appears lifeless – just another piece of discarded waste adrift on an endl

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

Projecting our consciousness into other bodies and walking on alien worlds might not be such a far-flung concept

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