Billions of years ago, another planet smashed into Earth. An event of this epicness could have created our Moon. It also ...

Model could find patterns across multiple planets that reveal life – whatever form it takes ...

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

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest ...

To travel between solar systems, a spacecraft would need extremely sophisticated – if not impossible – technology.

Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day may be grounded in some truth after all. Fans have long believed that the movie was made to ...

Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg opens up about his belief in extraterrestrials, claiming aliens have been on Earth while ...

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines a very different kind of solar system that could harbor life-forms we haven ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg recently said that he believes aliens from outer space have “absolutely” been on ...