News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We are often told that we might discover it any time now. Finding life beyond ...

The question of whether aliens exist is not a new one. In science fiction films and books, people have wondered if we’re the only life in this universe and what that can imply for universes beyond ...

Barack Obama created a storm over the weekend after he said that aliens are real, although, disappointingly, he hadn’t seen any. While internet chatter about his interview with the American podcast ...

Scientists have discovered natural space weather stations that exist around distant stars because these stations can ...

The hunt for life beyond Earth has taken an unexpected twist as President Barack Obama claims that aliens are real, but that he doesn't know where they are. The former president said in an interview ...

For over six decades, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been tirelessly scanning the cosmos for signs of alien life. Despite its extensive efforts, the universe remains eerily ...

A strange purple object aboard the ISS sparked alien fears online, but NASA revealed it was a potato experiment. It shows how ...

Astronomers are always on the lookout for any sign of an alien civilisation in space. But what would we do if we found one? HUMANKIND'S first contact with an alien civilisation, if it ever happens, ...

For decades, we've been looking to the skies for any sign of aliens – but it turns out we may have been missing attempts at contact. A new study has cast doubt on our radio signal detection methods, ...

Grey squirrels, Sitka spruce, ash dieback disease and Japanese knotweed are all highly damaging invasive alien species in Ireland. Among other impacts, invasive species threaten nature, impact on food ...