The time it would take to get there is staggering A ROCKY alien world is so toasty that Nasa says it “could be another circle of hell”. The scorching 6,800C planet is called Kepler-70b (or KOI-55b), ...

Scientists have a range of theories to explain the astounding discovery NASA have made a mind-boggling discovery on Mars – which may have come from an alien world. The peculiar “Skull Hill” rock has ...

Scientists have mapped the atmosphere a planet outside of our solar system in 3D for the first ever time. And they have found a world unlike anything we have ever seen: powerful winds that carry ...

As the number of exoplanets we've discovered increases, the question about life existing somewhere other than the Earth ...

Scientists believe they have discovered the strongest signs yet of alien life on a distant ocean-covered planet far beyond our solar system. The possible landmark discovery was made by scientists ...

A self-taught photographer has been capturing the "alien world" of insects. Lee Frost, from Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, said he liked taking the macro images "of what's just around us". "As ...

A water world ruled by octopus-like creatures. A planet divided by light and dark where the sun never rises. And a lava hell where molten rock rains from the sky. These are not descriptions of foreign ...

If there are aliens out there, it might not be that hard for them to find us. That's because experts say extraterrestrial civilisations could map our planet using signals from mobile phone masts - the ...

The aurora borealis produces a dazzling display of greens, reds, purples and sometimes pinks for those lucky enough (Credit: Getty Images) The magical light displays that appear in the skies above the ...