Scientists hunting for extraterrestrial life believe alien civilisations may indeed be attempting to contact Earth, but ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

A viral podcast moment last month reignited speculation about extraterrestrials and prompted President Donald Trump’s commitment to kickstarting the release of government files on flying saucers. But ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

If you've been following exoplanet research over the last couple of years, you've definitely heard of K2-18b. Located 124 ...

I've been an avid moviegoer all my life, and in the 2000s, much of my time was spent with my butt in the seat at some of the most iconic movie premieres. Case in point: M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs," ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

At Davos, the billionaire said his belief that “it might only be us” in the cosmos drives Tesla, SpaceX, and his vision for humanity’s future. Elon Musk proclaimed he’s an alien during a Thursday ...

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.

Astronomers found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it is an extraterrestrial spacecraft. 3I/ATLAS was confirmed as the third known object to enter our solar system from interstellar ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...