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

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

Invertebrates make up the vast majority of animal life on Earth, yet many of them seem more alien than familiar. Unlike ...

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, ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself ...

From a jellyfish that cheats death to a tiny indestructible animal that can survive the vacuum of space, Earth is home to some creatures so biologically bizarre they seem like they shouldn't belong he ...

Theological debates suggest alien encounters might challenge religious traditionalists more than dismantle faith.

In the following six books, each writer looks to space to skillfully explore what it means to live on Earth. Salvation and ...

A Virginia Tech-led team of international scientists has solved one of the last major mysteries in millipede evolution, ...

Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have conducted follow-up observations of a recently discovered exoplanet known as TOI ...

Human beings tend to be anthropocentric. That is, we often see ourselves as evolution’s magnum opus despite the fact that, as ...