11 of the best science fiction books of all time for escaping reality

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Left Hand…

11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Left Hand…

NASA may have found signs of life on Venus in 1978 without realising

After the observation of phosphine gas on Venus, which may be a sign of life there,…

Alien life may exist on Venus but intelligence could be harder to find

Phosphine in Venus’s atmosphere could be a sign of alien microbes, but we will probably never…

To understand signs of life on Venus we must do chemistry on Earth

The hunt for potential alien life on Venus will start in labs on Earth to rule…

Missions to confirm signs of life on Venus are already in the works

Confirming potential signs of life on Venus may require a trip there, and several missions from…

Why we're in for a long wait to hear from intelligent aliens

Hints of bacteria on Venus are encouraging, but finding life beyond Earth is the easy part.…

Mars’s south pole may have an underground lake surrounded by ponds

The south pole of Mars may be hiding a cold lake of liquid water surrounded by…

Radiation exposure on the moon is nearly three times that on the ISS

Astronauts on the moon would face 2.6 times more radiation exposure than those aboard the International…

Astronomers may have found the first planet in another galaxy

The first planet found outside the Milky Way may be in the Whirlpool galaxy, 28 million…