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

K2-18b is one of the most promising worlds for the search for extraterrestrial life, so astronomers conducted an unusually ...

Thousands of people have reported UFOs or alien encounters in Northern California. That number could soon go up.

A planet with one side permanently roasting and the other frozen in endless darkness might still have a chance of supporting life. Researchers found that heat inside a tidally locked exoplanet could ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

The Allen Telescope Array at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory. Credit: Seth Shostak/SETI Institute A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered one of the most intriguing clues yet in humanity's search for life beyond Earth.

Astronomers studying the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS say it could be a 12‑billion‑year‑old relic formed in near‑absolute‑zero conditions, while Nasa dismisses claims it is an alien probe.

Discover the astonishing microscopic life thriving beneath Antarctica's icy exterior. A new PBS series reveals the groundbreaking research that could transform our understanding of ecosystems and ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its protocols for confirming and announcing the discovery of alien life. New guidelines address the modern challenges of social media, ...