NASA's hunt for alien life may be undermined by its own instruments, according to a group of leading astrobiologists who warn ...

Astrobiologists are raising concerns that humanity’s search for alien life may be limited by the very tools designed to find it.

Watson's death last month prompted sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson to read his acclaimed 1973 debut and find out what she'd ...

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

A buzzy de-extinction company is making headlines again, the Smile spacecraft launched on its way to observe Earth's magnetic ...

A well-known conspiracy theory (also seen in The X-Files) attests that aliens are in communication with the U.S. government, ...

Suppose there are signs of extraterrestrial life and we have not yet been able to detect them. What does that mean? In Nature ...

In late 2025, astronomers spotted an interstellar comet making a quick trip through the solar system. 3I/ATLAS was discovered ...

Researchers discovered that life leaves behind unique statistical patterns in molecules, potentially offering a new way to ...

Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers ...