What would happen if we finally confirmed alien life exists? The alien inquiry explores the scientific search for extraterrestrial organisms and intelligent civilizations. From distant planets to ...

Source: Dr Sam Robinson Scientists studying venomous insects made an unexpected discovery inside a simple lunchbox container ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

Institute has found that we may have missed transmissions from intelligent alien life for a very benign reason. SETI’s searches are focused only on very narrow signals, so the organization typically ...

Lee said SETI’s paper could answer the Fermi Paradox, the idea that if the universe is billions of years old, where are all ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

New Scans of a Martian Meteorite That Landed on Earth Strengthen ‘Alien Life’ Claims ...

The Lanterns trailer is out, and longtime fans may have picked up some smalltown homages and vibes from some iconic comic book storylines.

Researchers who listen for signs of non-human life say signals ‘can slip below detection thresholds, even if it’s there’ ...

The Widmanstätten pattern also hints at how the meteorite was processed by the ancient Egyptians. The cross-hatched texture, ...

Do aliens exist? Few debates have proved as enduring – or as divisive – as the question of whether there is life beyond Earth.