For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has focused on subtle whispers in the cosmic noise, the faint, ...

“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...

Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: Abiogenesis—the emergence of life from nonliving organics—is the leading theory regarding how life spawned on Earth, but it is being questioned.

The unusual specimen raised eyebrows because it appeared capable of causing levitation. An official investigation has not ...

After searching 100,000 galaxies for signs of highly advanced extraterrestrial life, a team of scientists using observations from NASA's WISE orbiting observatory has found no evidence of advanced ...

If so, why haven’t they said hello? The humble residents of this pale blue dot have been on a quest to find an alien civilisation for more than a century. First, it was the “canals” of Mars. Then ...

NASA's Perseverance robot, depicted here landing on the Martian dunes, used its cutting-edge cameras to image what could be the first evidence of life ever detected on Mars, opening the possibility ...