For thousands of years, humanity has looked up at the stars asking the same question. Are we alone? Then one day, it finally ...

The “post-detection protocols” for announcing the discovery and existence of alien life have just had their first major update in 16 years, though the all-important "no reply" rule remains in place.

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets. Things mistaken for UFOs. In the search for alien life, humans have been fooled ...

Unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) have resurfaced at the centre of online discussion after a widely shared interview revisited reports of supposed 'non-human' life linked to recovered unidentified ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of biology because they are often produced by living microbes. However, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a watery exoplanet with a red dwarf sun overhead. A new study suggests that the exoplanet GJ 3378b, which ...

Find the latest Extraterrestrial Life news from WIRED. See related science and technology articles, photos, slideshows and ...