When the Panama Papers were released in 2016, they thrust a spotlight on the tax affairs of the rich and powerful.

The notion of planets orbiting stars other than the sun is not new but advances in technology is bringing us ever closer to finding alien life, explains Mark Evans

Physicist Stephen Hawking, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Russian internet billionaire Yuri Milner have announced a project that could send microscopic spaceships to hunt for extraterrestrial life in the far reaches of space.

Physicist Stephen Hawking, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Russian internet billionaire Yuri Milner have announced a project that could send microscopic spaceships to hunt for extraterrestrial life in the far reaches of space.

It is a perfectly human reaction to be annoyed if malware infects your smartphone or laptop. But just how extraterrestrials might respond is harder to predict.

An “older cousin” of Earth has been discovered orbiting a distant sun-like star more than 1,000 light years away.

An Australian scientist who this week was given a $100 million boost to help search for extraterrestrial intelligence has warned of the dangers should aliens ever make contact with Earth.

Physicist Stephen Hawking has teamed up with a Russian billionaire to launch a new quest to discover life on other planets.

THE global ranks of billionaires grew by 199 people in the past year, but none came close to unseating Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, who added $20.5 billion (€14.83bn) to his coffers, according to Forbes magazine’s annual tally.

Moscow: Facebook, the most popular social-networking website, can take more time to decide on an initial public offering after Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies bought a stake, the head of the investment group said.