Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

God and aliens are having a moment. But what do Christianity and other faiths really teach about ETs?

Sometimes the most extraordinary places hide in plain sight, and the Dee Wright Observatory near Blue River proves that ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

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

Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?Probably not, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could be crucial ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...