When scientists search for life beyond Earth, Mars usually gets most of the attention. But another world may offer an even ...

The search for alien life has been boosted after an atmosphere was detected surrounding an Earth-like planet for the first ...

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.

Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers ...

A new SETI study argues that turbulent space weather around distant stars can smear out ultra‑narrow alien radio signals, meaning technosignatures may already have reached Earth.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...