Free-floating planets, or as they are more commonly known, rogue planets, wander interstellar space completely alone. Saying there might be a lot of them is a bit of an understatement. Recent ...

Scientists say aliens are not hiding in Area 51. Experts believe life may exist on distant planets with water and the right ...

A new study published as a pre-peer-reviewed paper on arXiv and accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests that a massive gas giant, HD 206893 B, located 133 light-years from Earth, ...

Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests. Reading time 3 minutes The search for alien life usually hinges on finding the ...

For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...

Scientists debunk Area 51 alien theories, pointing towards distant planets and our own Solar System's moons as potential extraterrestrial habitats.