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

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 ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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, ...

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 ...