The curious minds at What If imagine finally discovering alien life on Mars, exploring the scientific, cultural, and ...

Titan might be the most hauntingly Earth-like world we’ve ever found — but twisted into something alien. Beneath its thick ...

January brought a wide range of thoughtful science conversations featuring researchers from the SETI Institute, spanning everything from hands-on planetary defense with citizen scientists to careful ...

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after ...

A thick shell "implies a longer route that oxygen and nutrients would have to travel to connect Europa’s surface with its ...

Scientists argue that limiting the search for life strictly to a star’s traditional habitable zone is too restrictive. That ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows. The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according ...

The host Bill Maher fears aliens might meet Trump first, warning it would give them the wrong impression of humanity.

A former analyst at the UK central bank warned of apocalyptic financial scenarios if we ever confirm alien life.

Europa's hidden ocean could thus be fed by the sinking ice, which carries down oxidants and nutrients produced on the surface ...

Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant, 2026. Directed by Thunderlips. Starring Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Green, Jackie van Beek, ...

The sheer scale of Carrazco-Gaxiola’s survey, titled “An All-Sky Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of More Than 2,100 K Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs Using High-Resolution Spectra,” is what sets it apart.