The search for intelligent alien life reaches far beyond simply finding another habitable planet. Across the universe, scientists can look for signs that advanced civilizations may leave behind, from ...

SECONDS after a dazzling ball of light illuminates the sky above the vast expanse of desert, the object darts away at a ...

Astronomers have discovered that previous searches for alien signals unknowingly covered over 6.1 million stars, revealing a vast, unexplored area for future research.

After decades of secrecy, stigma, and sometimes silliness—like the conspiratorial tales about recovered spacecraft and alien ...

( NewsNation) — The tantalizing prospect of inspecting a mysterious monolith on the surface of Mars moon Phobos was proposed ...

When Steven Spielberg announced Disclosure Day, many fans immediately saw it as another entry in the filmmaker's long-running fascination with extraterrestrial life. Now that Disclosure Day is out, it ...

It was a close encounter of the Schiff kind. President Trump made an out of this world jibe when he was allegedly briefed on alien “hybrids” living among humans, a congressman claimed this week.

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

It didn’t take long for stories about extraterrestrials to reach our cinemas. George Méliès “A Trip to the Moon” introduced weird, easily explodable aliens called Selenites that capture the first ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Oliva recommended six books in which the presence of aliens prompts readers to think more ...

When I look at the night sky, I don’t wonder whether alien life is somewhere out there; I think it probably is. Considering the sheer number of stars in the cosmos, and the possibly larger number of ...