In a remote stretch of Egyptian desert, a set of huge carved symbols has revived one of humanity’s oldest questions: were our ancestors trying to speak to the cosmos. The newly highlighted tableau, ...

We’ve been able to decipher ancient Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs, Cuneiform, and Old Persian, but not Voynichese.

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

Let’s be honest for a moment about the current state of AI image generation. You have likely been there: You craft the perfect prompt, imagining a sleek cyberpunk coffee shop poster. You hit “generate ...

‘Predator: Badlands’ contains several references to the ‘Alien’ franchise, but how deep does the connection go, and what does it mean for future sewu Alien and Predator aren’t nearly as intertwined as ...

Conspiracy theories have raged about 3I/ATLAS being an unnatural object. But the alien question, while fun, generates misinformation and distracts from the science. When you purchase through links on ...

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens. Reading time 6 minutes At Gizmodo, we love a good story about ...

Last year, a series of ancient hieroglyphs were discovered in the jungle of Mexico. Now, they have been decoded, revealing the identity of a previously unknown Mayan ruler. INAH Ancient hieroglyphics ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...