The Cluster is a form of life organized on principles so different from anything on Earth that understanding it requires dismantling most of what you think life means — and the video that explains it ...

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

In a new paper, researchers examine the possibility of other consciousnesses that take on forms far beyond our imagination.

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

The recent discovery of an enigmatic substance on the surfaces of both Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and Pluto, our solar ...

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 ...

Scientists are raising concerns that we may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life even when it is present. Hidden ...

Astronomers studying the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS say it could be a 12‑billion‑year‑old relic formed in near‑absolute‑zero ...

Researchers say a biocontainment facility on the Moon could be humanity's last line of defense against potential future alien ...

After the war, he spent time in a Displaced Persons camp in Ulm, Germany, where he contributed to the reconstitution of ...

This video explores what alien life might actually look like if evolution, physics, and planetary environments are allowed to ...

Using the Keck Observatory, astronomers measured the spins of dozens of giant planets and brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars. They found that giant planets can spin faster than much more massive ...