With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien microorganism ...

You are driving alone through a quiet countryside road at dusk when something strange appears in the sky. A sudden white ...

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

A conservative US Catholic nun has warned that every UFO sighting and supposed alien encounter may in fact be a brush with ...

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

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

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

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

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

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...