When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Some scientists think alien life could thrive in the clouds of Venus, seen here by Japan's ...

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 ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detected a possible sign of alien life on a distant planet. Alien life has still not been confirmed through science or through studying UFOs (or UAPs). NASA's ...

What do you think of when it comes to extraterrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings could live on other planets. But when astronomers are searching for ...

"This can dramatically increase the habitability zone for all rocky worlds." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Here on Earth, ...

The number of planets capable of hosting alien life may be smaller than we thought, thanks to a new understanding of how water levels drive a planet’s climate. Below a certain level, carbon dioxide in ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

Dimethyl sulfide, also known as DMS, sounds like it could be a chemical compound you’d try to avoid on an ingredient label or the poisonous ingredient in a murder mystery. But some scientists view ...

Life as we know it needs water, but life as we don't know it may run on concentrated sulfuric acid. The chemistry of life as we know it wouldn't work in a place like the huge Saturn moon Titan, where ...

"Even very complex organic chemistry is compatible with concentrated sulfuric acid." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Life as we ...