Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

Obama just said Aliens are Real! What do you think?” I’ve been here before. As an astrobiologist and science communicator whose day job is the search for life, I’m often asked to field these kinds of ...

Humanity may be one step closer to finally answering the question of whether we're alone in the cosmos with a definitive "no." A team of astronomers said it has found signs of what could be ...

Are living beings hiding on distant planets, waiting to be found? That question has captured the minds of scientists and dreamers alike for generations. But as researchers continue the search for ...

The search for alien life is mostly limited to the “Goldilocks Zone”, that is, the distance from a star where liquid water and ample light could exist for life to thrive. However, a new study has ...

The question if life exists elsewhere in the universe is one of the biggest our species has ever pondered. Statistically, philosophically, and scientifically, we want to say yes. There are too many ...

Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some have already been found. Thanks to rapidly advancing telescope technology, ...

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Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" around white dwarf stars When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

What if we were the aliens? In a great 1991 episode of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' the notion of aliens among us was ...