On today’s episode of The Infographics Show, scientists spot something on exoplanet K2-18b that shouldn’t exist without life.

Astronomers have sharply revised down the mass of nearby super Earth GJ 3378b, dramatically improving its prospects as a ...

Scientists suggest that advanced aliens might not have physical bodies, challenging traditional views of extraterrestrial ...

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 mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

The Cluster is a form of life organized on principles so different from anything on Earth that understanding it requires ...

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

As alluded to, Popinchalk’s remarks are part of a larger conversation about how scientifically grounded Project Hail Mary ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...