Where did life on Earth come from? It is one of humanity’s oldest and most fascinating questions. For centuries, people have ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

And if aliens made of different stuff potentially possess consciousness, then why not minds made of silicon, metal, and ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a ...

Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

Disclosure Day treats extraterrestrial life as a challenge to faith. It’s not.

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun ...