Scientists found new evidence (or lack thereof) disproving the conspiracy theory that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is alien ...

Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a ...

"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some ...

New telescopic technologies are offering insights into whether exoplanets host life, focusing on atmospheric gas analysis.

Real scientific efforts at universal communication have also involved mathematics and numbers. The covers of the Golden ...

Advanced alien civilizations might not be whispering across the cosmos with radio waves at all, but instead flickering like ...

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.

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series of polls that show belief in alien visitation has been steadily on the rise since 2012. Moreover, ...