Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life. The problem is not finding the star.

In a new paper, researchers examine the possibility of other consciousnesses that take on forms far beyond our imagination.

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

This video explores what alien life might actually look like if evolution, physics, and planetary environments are allowed to ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself ...

Consciousness may arise in systems far different than the biology on Earth we are used to, according to new research.

David Grusch, a whistleblower and former National Reconnaissance Officer Representative of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force at the U.S. Department of Defense, speaks during a news ...

Spielberg returns to one of his favorite subjects with a fun and goofy popcorn movie that shows how far he's come in the last 50 years. Steven Spielberg has now made five movies about aliens (six if ...