The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth’s first crust

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

Alien life on nearby 'super Earth' much likelier than we thought, study claims

A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences, Scientists Caution

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...
SETI Institute

How Clouds Hide Alien Worlds—and How Astronomers See Through Them

While telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can detect the chemical fingerprints of distant atmospheres, ...
Space.com

How to invade planet Earth: An alien's guide to bringing the human race to its knees

From "Independence Day" to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", movies and TV shows are packed with advice for anyone aspiring ...
The Debrief

This Strange Exoplanet Has Revealed “the Clearest Evidence To Date” of Something Many Astronomers Suspected

An exoplanet is exerting a magnetic influence on its host star in the opposite direction of the normal relationship.

As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion

The International Raëlian Movement, also know as Raëlism, is a UFO religion that was founded in France in the 1970s. It is still practiced today, with its strongest followings in parts of Asia, Africa ...
Salon

Earth, Wind & Fire’s music is universal

There’s an Earth, Wind & Fire song to suit every mood and memory. Hip-hop artist and producer Anderson .Paak associates their music with childhood road trips. R&B singer-songwriter H.E.R. says her dad ...
Los Angeles Times

In homage to the original, ‘Alien: Earth’ made a 64-minute ‘Alien’ movie. Here’s how

Dropping a tribute to Ridley Scott’s 1979 “Alien” halfway through his franchise-expanding series wasn’t easy. But Noah Hawley just had to do it. “The show was already a huge lift, and then to sort of ...
Greek Reporter

The Ancient Greeks Believed the Universe Was Full of Alien Life

Ancient Greek thought presents a cosmos filled with extraterrestrials, where gods, souls, and beings inhabit the Moon, stars, and even other worlds. Credit: Ale RaFlo, wikimedia commons CC BY SA 4.0 ...
Science Daily

Scientists think alien life might be hiding in patterns

A new study proposes detecting life in space by spotting patterns across many planets instead of focusing on one at a time. If life spreads and changes planetary environments, it could leave behind ...