A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...

In a recent two-week voyage through the southern Atlantic, scientists uncovered an astonishing array of 31 previously unknown ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

Scientists have rewritten global 'first contact' protocols for how to confirm and announce the discovery of alien intelligence, stressing verification and transparency in an age of deepfakes and ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

Do not shout ‘alien!’” Amid surge of public interest in UFOs or UAP, one group updated its rules for how news of extraterrestrials should be revealed.

They’re gonna need a bigger boat. A wildlife biologist recently went diving for massive sharks off the South Shore, and his ...

Metal spheres found on a Queensland beach are likely space debris, not extraterrestrial. The Australian Space Agency is working with international partners to confirm their origin.

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if the James Webb Space Telescope actually discovered alien life.

Using emerging radio techniques refined during and after the Second World War, the astronomers detected a powerful radio ...

A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...