New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

A nearby 'super Earth' in one of the closest star systems to our own appears far more likely to support alien life than first ...

Nasa has drawn fresh attention to a nearby exoplanet, dubbed the super-Earth GJ 3378b, after astronomers confirmed it sits in ...

An unusual collection of stars may represent the remnants of a dwarf galaxy that the Milky Way devoured about 10 billion years ago. Astronomers have dubbed the ancient galaxy Loki, after the Norse god ...