Strange interstellar comet speculated to be alien spacecraft is older than Solar System - Scientists say comet represents preserved fragment of ancient planetary system ...

Based on evidence collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be up to 12 billion years old!

Humanity has already sent five spacecraft on trajectories that will eventually carry them beyond the Solar System, demonstrating that technologically advanced civilisations can launch interstellar ...

The universe is at it again; scientists have been baffled by a discovery that turns all the knowledge they have on planetary systems on its head. Scientists have discovered an alien solar system ...

Astronomers at Michigan State University have released groundbreaking images of the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS, showing it active long before its official discovery in July 2025. Normally, ...

Life could have arrived on Earth in ancient collisions with rocks from other solar systems (Image: Hubble/Princeton) Life could have arrived on Earth in rocks from other solar systems, scientists ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Alien life may be hiding much closer to home than science fiction would have us believe, according to a particle physicist and dark matter researcher Dr Sarah Alam Malik, who argues that Saturn's ...