But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

Alien solar systems that are home to so-called "hot Jupiters" — gas giants circling sizzlingly close to their stars — are unlikely homes for Earth-like planets, researchers say. Hot Jupiters get their ...

There might be many more planets that could be home to aliens than we thought, according to a new study. For years, scientists have searched for life in the “habitable” or “goldilocks” zone – where it ...

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, you're a large object like a moon or a planet; scientists suspect you also ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

Scientists hunting for life beyond Earth have long thought that water is one of the key indicators. But a group of experts now says that looking for life on water–rich planets could be a waste of time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustrated moon-forming disk surrounds an alien planet. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Gabriele Cugno/University of Zürich, NCCR ...