A new theory has put forward the possibility that killer robots have wiped out all intelligent alien life.
A recent study aimed to find out how marine park dolphins actually felt about their life in captivity.
A woman thought to be the world's oldest living human has referred to her extremely long life as a 'punishment'.
Decades-old data from the Galileo spacecraft has all-but confirmed the presence of geysers on Jupiter's icy moon.
A new study has suggested that the multiverse may be a lot more hospitable to life than previously thought.
ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter has started its mission to seek out traces of biologically-produced methane on Mars.
The ambitious BioGenome Project aims to sequence and store the genomes of more than 1.5 million species.
Could there have been an advanced civilization on our planet long before mankind appeared on the scene ?
A wildlife photographer recently captured the moment a whale's blowhole spray produced a spectacular rainbow.
The European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter will be starting its mission within the next two weeks.
The 53-year-old was resuscitated despite lying lifeless outside with no heartbeat for the better part of a day.
A lack of phosphorus in the universe could mean that Earth-type life is a lot rarer than commonly thought.
A new paper has put forward the suggestion that the clouds of Venus could be a habitat for microbial life.
One astronomer was left red-faced this week after he mistook the planet Mars for an undiscovered star.
Geomicrobiologist Barry DiGregorio maintains that the Curiosity rover has found evidence of alien life forms.
New laboratory experiments have added support to the idea that microbes could be living on Saturn's icy moon.
Scientists have discovered microbial life rebounding in one of the driest and most inhospitable places on Earth.
Researchers believe that humanity would be more likely to welcome than fear the discovery of alien life.
A woman from Pennsylvania got the surprise of her life when she found she'd adopted her former pet poodle.
It is looking increasingly likely that the Trappist-1 system's seven worlds could be home to alien life.