AN alien world “suffers star-grazing torture” every 111 days as its fiery sun boils the planet to a hellish 1,093C. This ...

Being a "hot Jupiter" means it's a poor candidate for anyone trying to track down alien life – as well as for setting up a space base away from Earth. The planet was first discovered in October ...

NASA has successfully launched its alien-hunting mission to Jupiter's fourth largest moon that could host the ingredients for life. The Europa Clipper spacecraft took off from Kennedy Space Center ...

WATCH LIVE: NASA's mission to hunt alien life on Jupiter's moon begins NASA launches a spacecraft to Europa, Jupiter's ice-covered moon, to explore whether its hidden ocean could support life ...

Most likely, the first alien life we discover will be hidden beneath miles of ocean on a distant world like Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus. That's why the best way to search for ...

With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either terrestrial (Earth-like) or Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth ...

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A vast ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa contains all the ingredients for life, according to new research. Aliens really could be living under its surface - just like in space thriller Europa Report ...

Europa Clipper - one of the most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet - aims to explore Jupiter's icy moon ...