"I think these are not far-out type of ideas; they are not really futuristic ideas that we are talking about." ...

Dr Sarah Alam Malik suggests Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus, and Jupiter's moon Europa, may host conditions suitable for life, challenging traditional views of the 'Goldilocks zone'.

A small group of scientists have long suggested that the seeds of life may have been distributed across the vast distances of ...

I associate the sound of a dentist’s drill with two things, firstly extreme pain as I was having a root canal treatment as a teenager.

The frozen worlds orbiting Jupiter and Saturn might be encapsulated in "fluffy ice" that could send landers spiraling down a pit of icy space slush, scientists warn.

Scientists are baffled after new DNA tests on Peru's ancient 'conehead' mummies failed to rule out alien origins, fuelling ...

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From crowd-pleasers like The Martian to ambitious sagas like The Three-Body Problem, these are the best sci-fi books to come out in the last 25 years.

The study warns that the search for alien life could be marred by the fear of 'false positives'.

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

This week's science news featured some big headlines for health, including the landmark decision to officially rename polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS ...