This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which lie within the star’s habitable zone. In the foreground is TRAPPIST-1 b, ...

Astronomers have reportedly narrowed the search for extraterrestrial life to a focused list of 45 rocky exoplanets. Out of more than 6,000 confirmed worlds, these planets were selected based on their ...

A leading scientist tells the BBC's science correspondent Pallab Ghosh that the prospect of finding alien life is not far away. But what would a discovery of this magnitude mean for the human race?

The search for life on another planet is one of the most exciting things in astrophysics. As humanity has searched the ...