Scientists have discovered a new species of flatworm, the deepest free-living one ever recorded, in the Pacific Ocean's Kuril ...

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

Sometimes the most extraordinary places hide in plain sight, and the Dee Wright Observatory near Blue River proves that ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?Probably not, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new paper.

From the Navy’s infamous Tic-Tac encounter to thousands of recent reports, believers say some of the strangest UFOs may be hiding underwater.

And if aliens made of different stuff potentially possess consciousness, then why not minds made of silicon, metal, and ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...