Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got ...

The European-led LIFE mission aims to use spacecraft in formation to look for biosignatures.

The coating could be applied on future spacecraft designed to block light from distant stars hosting exoplanets.

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SpaceX is set to launch the 13th test flight of its Starship megarocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever made.

Alien director Ridley Scott eventually returned to the franchise, but couldn't complete his ambitious plans. Here's what his unmade movie could have been about.

The U.S. just celebrated its 250th birthday, and the Americans living off the planet had a great view of some of the parties ...

London: Scientists have found natural sugars floating in interstellar space – and it could fundamentally change the search for alien life.Researchers spotted erythrulose, found Earth in raspberries ...

If you are a believer in visitors from outer space, this is your moment. The feds have declassified UFO files, there is a new documentary on alleged UFO sightings, and, of course, the new Steven ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

Nasa is attempting an unprecedented mission to rescue its ageing Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory before it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere. Using a commercial robotic spacecraft, the agency hopes to exten ...

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer them a somewhat risky buffet. There is liquid water, as well as salts, ...