From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

A small icy moon orbiting Saturn is a likely candidate to host outer space life, as a major space organisation is targeting ...

When Kate Middleton handled a small piece of rock at London’s Natural History Museum she became one of the few people on ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning a mission to hunt for alien life on the surface of one of Saturn’s moons. Scientists want to send a probe to the icy world of Enceladus, which contains a ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...