Scientists have found a hidden biosphere stretching miles beneath Earth’s surface and as deep as 6 miles below the seafloor.

Scientists may have just taken one of the biggest steps yet in the search for life beyond Earth. Meet K2 18 b, a distant ...

The Great Filter theory suggests advanced civilisations may self-destruct before contacting others, explaining the universe's ...

A Stanford scientist's model suggests many small rocky planets can't sustain atmospheres, potentially explaining the scarcity ...

Scientists have engineered 'SpudCell,' a lab-made system from chemicals that mimics life's core functions like growth and ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered one of the most intriguing clues yet in humanity's search for life beyond Earth.

The short answer is that there’s nothing to disclose. But that doesn’t mean we won’t make contact with extraterrestrial life ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

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

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...