To support alien life, a planet doesn’t have to be exactly like Earth, but it does need a few key ingredients. First, it ...

The curious minds at What If imagine crashing on an alien planet far away, exploring survival, alien ecosystems, and the ...

For more than six decades, astronomers have listened for possible signals from extraterrestrial civilisations, with no confirmed detection to date. A .

Planet K2-18b, an apparent water world 124 light years away, has been seen as a promising location in the search for aliens, ...

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...

Obama replied “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in … what is it …?” “Area 51?” the interviewer responded. Then Obama said, “Area 51. There’s no underground facility.

Former president Barack Obama made his comments during an interview that published last weekend.

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will be speaking at the Civic Theater in San Diego about the search for habitable planets and intelligent life in the universe.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

In his debut novel, the Kalkadoon writer uses the cosmic distance of an alien planet to illuminate our own ...