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.

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 ...

In the 1982 blockbuster, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, E.T. is lured out of hiding using a trail of Reese's Pieces. But what ...

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

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

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi adventure-mystery about the possibility of aliens on Earth stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and ...

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

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 ...