Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are metallurgy’s version of having your cake and eating it too, combining multiple elements to ...

With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien microorganism ...

A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

In a new paper, researchers examine the possibility of other consciousnesses that take on forms far beyond our imagination.

For decades, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has been the domain of science fiction writers and late-night ...

Tapping into the power of collaboration, Johns Hopkins University and West Virginia University are launching a new partnership to bring together researchers from both institutions to address complex ...

Alien probes could already be hiding somewhere in our Solar System – and our current surveys are nowhere near good enough to rule them out, according to a NASA‑linked study presented this month by ...