From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

If life exists beyond Earth, water may be the first clue. Water Worlds explores the planets and moons where liquid water ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

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Breakthrough Listen will scan the the skies with the aid of the MeerKAT Telescope. They are targeting a million nearby stars.

Humanity is on the way to confirming the existence of non-human entities and making contact with aliens within the next 50 ...

Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...

Europa has a vast, saltwater ocean beneath its icy shell, with more than twice the amount of water in all of Earth’s oceans ...

"Star Trek" is home to countless alien species, many of whom offer beloved characters. Some are not. We rank the 10 most ...

As 2026 approaches, Baba Vanga’s predictions of disasters, global unrest, and alien contact return to the spotlight.