There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

A new SETI study argues that turbulent space weather around distant stars can smear out ultra‑narrow alien radio signals, ...

Some frogs have evolved features so strange that scientists struggle to explain them, and a few look less like amphibians ...

Space exploration was a major theme of a state House hearing on Tuesday, even as the budget deadline looms over lawmakers.

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Beneath the icy silence of Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys lies a world so unusual that it often resembles another planet.

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Learn about a new working paper that argues that consciousness may not be limited to Earth-like biology, raising the ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

The Harvard astrophysicist has devoted years—and thousands of interviews—to the idea that mysterious objects streaking ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.

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