When astronomers announced Kepler-452b, they were not just adding another distant world to a growing catalog. They were ...

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after ...

Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

A former senior analyst for The Bank of England warned the bank to prepare for alien contact, citing the United States' ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

There is currently no proof that the universe is home to other intelligent life forms aside from the ones that inhabit Earth, and evidence to the contrary ...