On Earth, a cloudy morning giving way to a clear evening is unremarkable, the kind of forecast that barely warrants a glance ...

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

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

Astronomers using the JWST discovered massive “rock clouds” made of vaporized minerals on the distant planet WASP-94A b.

Spielberg, known for popular extraterrestrial films, put his name in the ring for the hypothetical alien ambassador role ...

Steven Spielberg has decided he should be the one to represent humanity if we ever make contact with alien life. The director ...

A new study suggests Mars could help scientists understand how alien worlds evolve by showing how a once warmer, wetter ...

Astronomers estimate there are 10 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way, increasing the statistical likelihood of extraterrestrial life. Advances in astronomy have refined the Drake equation, ...

A well-known conspiracy theory (also seen in The X-Files) attests that aliens are in communication with the U.S. government, ...

Scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to detect a daily cloud cycle on a Hot Jupiter exoplanet called WASP-94A b, located nearly 700 light years from Earth. The discovery clears decades ...

A new analysis of NASA's Deep Space Network finds Earth's strongest radio beams align with planetary line‑ups, boosting the chance alien civilisations could detect us and suggesting where and when we ...