NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered the most extensive evidence yet of complex organic molecules on Mars, detecting ...

The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great ...

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

A beloved sci-fi Tim Burton movie is finally getting a 4K release after three decades. This upgrade will let audiences ...

Maymo’s animal-loving family watches their dogs encounter an alien in disguise in a strange and suspenseful real-life prank.

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

Space X’s IPO filing has revealed that Elon Musk’s bonus structure is dependent on a number of factors, including his ability to take mankind to mars. Elon Musk has made no secret of his ambition to ...

While scouring a 50-million-year-old crater on Mars, the Curiosity rover stumbled upon a polygon-shaped pattern that sort of looks like a giant reptile had shed its skin across the planet’s surface.

President Donald Trump has nothing if not an active imagination. Since taking office, he has pitched multiple ostensibly revolutionary products and plans to the nation. Some are material planks of his ...

Can an entire alternate future be ripped from our headlines? For All Mankind has always thought so. As the series returns to Apple TV for a penultimate ten-episode Season 5, it’s embroiled in a battle ...

2026 marks the dawn of a momentous era: humankind taking our first steps towards colonising Mars. Later this year, NASA’s ESCAPADE probes will fly to the surface of the Red Planet, capitalising on its ...