As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...

A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.

Given the unique importance of a potential UFO visit, confirmation requires a high standard of evidence. Here are simple tips ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor may be spectacular, but it misjudges how much humans are prepared to tolerate abuse of groups we see as ‘other’ ...

There is something almost offensive about a sky so full of stars and so empty of company. That is what gives Richard ...

Previous landmark scientific discoveries like the Higgs boson provide a better template for what it will take to confirm whether aliens have made contact with Earth.

Human beings tend to be anthropocentric. That is, we often see ourselves as evolution’s magnum opus despite the fact that, as biomass goes, we’re insignificant compared to plants and other animals.

Fresh conspiracy theories involving the CIA, extraterrestrials and consumer DNA databases are gaining attention after claims surfaced alleging that US intelligence agencies may have secretly accessed ...

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 ...

Claims that the CIA has secretly accessed consumer DNA databases have resurfaced online following allegations that millions of genetic testing users may have been swept into undisclosed intelligence ...