New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

Aliens have invaded the news again. Last month, two US presidents weighed in on the topic in rapid succession, managing to make a public that was already obsessed with extraterrestrials even more so.

Scientists have identified 45 Earth-like exoplanets that are the strongest known candidates for hosting extraterrestrial life.

Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest filmmakers to ever step behind the camera, and his legendary work dates back over 50 years to Jaws. Spielberg is now 79 years old, but the multi-time ...

The Executive Office of the President registered aliens.gov on March 18, 2026, through the official government domain registry—a move that sounds like satire but shows up in CISA’s records as ...

Ryan Gosling has the weight of the world on his shoulders in his new movie. Preteen daughters will do that to a man — even one who was Ken. “I want to give a shout-out to my daughter, who saw me in ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...

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We might have had it wrong this whole time.

George Sosnak produced nearly 800 painted baseballs. Here's where to see them and more in Pittsburgh this month.