"Wouldn’t it be wonderful for people to know all of this is true," the Oscar-winning director says in the new trailer.

Astrobiologists warn that NASA's current instruments may miss subtle signs of alien life, risking 'false negatives' in the ...

Watson's death last month prompted sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson to read his acclaimed 1973 debut and find out what she'd been missing. She found it fascinating – but reflective of its time ...

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

Allegations have emerged that the CIA accessed consumer DNA databases for extraterrestrial ancestry research. Genetic testing ...

Getting a clean bill of health from a medical scan doesn’t always mean you’re healthy – sometimes the scanner just missed it. The same problem applies to searching for life on other planets, and until ...

It's one of the most famous UFO stories ever told and now an exhibit in Portsmouth is taking visitors inside the incredible ...

In his new book, Take Me to Your Leader, Neil deGrasse Tyson examines what we can anticipate from first contact and how to ...

Researchers discovered that life leaves behind unique statistical patterns in molecules, potentially offering a new way to ...

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools ...