Scientists have found a hidden biosphere stretching miles beneath Earth’s surface and as deep as 6 miles below the seafloor.
Avi Loeb, a cosmologist who studied black holes and served as head of Harvard’s astronomy department until 2020, has been ...
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When a scientific controversy or breakthrough dominates headlines, press officers and journalists often quote a handful of ...
A new survey of hundreds of astrobiologists reveals that, despite NASA's high-profile declarations about Mars and exoplanet K2-18b, most experts do not yet think alien life has probably been found.
It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest hints yet" of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...
Rick and Morty Season 9 enters its second half with the sixth episode, "Erickerhead." What sort of Rick and Morty adventure ...
With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.
Discover six hard sci-fi films where science shapes story and emotion, like Europa Report and The Martian. Brainy, emotional, ...