The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

Astronomers believe the object, dubbed 'Oumuamua, came from the general direction of the Lyra constellation ...

Splitting up with his wife left Muse frontman Matt Bellamy in a dark place. He survived by writing the most exposed, personal ...

As the band release their 10th album, its frontman talks about the human need for a higher power - from AI to aliens - and ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its guidelines, requiring verification and UN consultation before announcing or responding to potential alien signals, to prevent misinformation ...

New SETI protocols outline how scientists should verify, share, and respond to potential evidence of alien intelligence in the modern information age. Reading time 4 minutes The moment of first ...

Three tech visionaries on how to build trust and accountability with AI ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

Today: Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope observed 3I/ATLAS on December 15-16 and again on December 27, 2025, when the comet was approximately 330 million and 380 million kilometers from the Sun, ...