Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

A NASA‑linked study argues that alien probes could already be in our Solar System, but our surveys are still too crude to ...

Deep within Uranus and Neptune, immense pressure and heat are transforming carbon into diamonds that rain down through the ...

Science fiction has thrived in literature over the last half a century, thanks to masterpieces like Hyperion and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

(University of Birmingham) The quantum world is mind-bogglingly counterintuitive: at the smallest scales, basic physical ...

Later this year, a prototype telescope is slated to land on the moon. It could usher in a new era of lunar radio astronomy.

This slideshow covers the top 25 best American time travel films based on data that Stacker compiled from IMDb and Metacritic ...

There is something almost offensive about a sky so full of stars and so empty of company. That is what gives Richard Feynman’s quote its sting: “There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered ...

The New York Knicks have built a historic 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals, becoming just the third team in history to win the opening pair of games on the road. But their advantage in the series doesn’t ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an alien spaceship.

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...