A high-ranking retired US Air Force major general who once served as the commander of a lab at a UFO theorists-associated base went missing.

"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely comes from the Milky Way's disc, as astronomers ...

Eight years ago, the digital art world paused and watched as images of Maasai elders and warriors drifted across galaxies.

For decades, the idea of alien life has lived somewhere between science and science fiction. From Hollywood & Bollywood films to grainy UFO footag.

When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

In the summer of 2025, the discovery of 31/ATLAS ignited a global conversation that stretched far beyond astronomy. Almost immediately, speculation flourished online that the interstellar ...

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

Donald Trump has ordered the release of files related to aliens, UAP, and UFOs. If previous disclosures are any indication, get ready for a letdown.

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.