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Scientists believe they could have the conditions needed for life. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. The leicester manager Claudio Raneiri looks for a win against sevilla in the Champions League in what he hopes could be the Turning Point of their season. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The fiance of the childrens author helen bailey has been found guilty of murdering her and dumping her body in a cesspit under their garage in hertfordshire. Ian stewart, whos 56, drugged m...

For life. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Testing times for the champions leicester, this time in europe, as they faced the spanish side sevilla in the last 16 of the Champions League. Good evening. The fiance of the childrens author helen bailey has been found guilty of murdering her and dumping her body in a cesspit under their garage in hertfordshire. Ian stewart, whos 56, drugged ms bailey over several weeks before smothering her in april last year, in the hope of claiming a multi Mi...

Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where nasa has announced the discovery of seven planets, all of which have the potential to hold life. The cluster of new worlds orbit a smaller star less than a0 light years away. Now, more research is planned to discover whether conditions on the planets are likely to support living organisms. Our science editor, David Shukman has the details. An artists impression of a startling discovery deep in space, around a fain...

Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where nasa has announced the discovery of seven planets, all of which have the potential to hold life. The cluster of new worlds orbit a smaller star less than a0 light years away. Now, more research is planned to discover whether conditions on the planets are likely to support living organisms. Our science editor, David Shukman has the details. An artists impression of a startling discovery deep in space, around a fain...

Studying Venus’ water loss can help scientists better understand how planets go from potentially habitable to incapable of supporting life.

How would the chaotic alien world from the series' virtual reality game look in real life? We spoke to the show's science advisor to find out.

Purple is more likely to be the colour of alien life instead of green, finds a new study.

Perfect Harmony Last year, scientists discovered a mathematically perfect star system — and now, they're looking into whether it might contain traces of alien life. Dubbed HD 110067, the star system located just 100 lite-years from Earth has six exoplanets that are each perfectly spaced apart in the sort of mathematical harmony rarely seen in our […]

Stars like our Sun have shifting habitable zones as they evolve. Can outer planets be habitable long enough for life to appear?

NASA astronomers discovered a 'Super Earth' 137 light years away that is potentially habitable and might be able to support alien life.