The exoplanet telescope TESS revealed a distant world using an entirely different detection method than the one it was built ...

NASA's new alien-hunting telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), will be serviceable out in space (and it will ...

Starfleet encounters​​​. Whether it's the warlike Klingons, the logic-seeking Vulcans, or the alluring Orions, the Star Trek ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

This eBay listing for never produced, alleged "Planet of the Apes" action figures is a puzzling mystery for toy collectors.

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

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Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

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

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Do not shout ‘alien!’” Amid surge of public interest in UFOs or UAP, one group updated its rules for how news of extraterrestrials should be revealed.

Steven Spielberg has always believed we’re not alone in this universe. With ‘Disclosure Day,’ he may make a believer out of ...