Finding Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars and identifying signs of life such as oxygen or water is a major goal in ...

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

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

Alien Earth Season 2 is confirmed and filming at Pinewood Studios in 2026. Here is everything known about the release date, ...

Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

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

Bugonia is about beekeeper and conspiracy theorist Teddy (Jesse Plemons), who is convinced that the head of a large pharma ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That observation, attributed to ...