For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

An ocean world that's teeming with microbes — and who knows what other kinds of life — is currently the best explanation for some chemical signatures that the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted in ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

Scientists have searched one of the only known visitors to us from another solar system for signs of alien technology – and ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it. Searching for life in ...

(Left to right) Author David Childress, researcher Jason Martell, investigative mythologist William Henry, ancient literature expert Ariel Tzadok, and "Ancient Aliens" producer Max Thompson on a panel ...