NASA’s search for life beyond Earth is no longer a distant dream but a coordinated campaign that now stretches from Martian ...

The research is mounting up that we might not be alone in this big wide world. So what's the likelihood that aliens are out ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Are aliens real? A Nature Astronomy study reveals 87% of experts believe life exists. Explore how 3I/ATLAS and AI are ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

Uri Geller alleges NASA is hiding alien remains tied to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, sparking debate amid scientific evidence that the object is a natural comet.

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With advanced observatories like the Vera Rubin Telescope coming online, scientists are planning for the discovery of alien intelligence and how humanity should prepare for the news. Professor Dominik ...

While much of the history of life on Earth is written, the opening chapters are murky at best. On our ever-changing world, the older a rock is, the more it has changed, obscuring or even erasing ...

For decades, scientists have scoured the skies and planetary surfaces for evidence that life might exist beyond Earth. New ...