JWST lacks the precision to detect life on exoplanets, and this new telescope aims to change that.

For generations, artists and science-fiction writers have imagined alien landscapes beneath twin sunsets. The image became ...

Its founder, Raël, claims he is a direct descendant of Yahweh, whom Raël visited on the planet of Elohim in 1975. Raëlism ...

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

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, astronomers claim they have directly measured the magnetic fields of multiple planets beyond our solar system — potentially providing a crucial new tool in the search ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Steven Spielberg's claims of alien visits to Earth spark debate among scientists, who stress the lack of credible evidence ...

Multi-billion-dollar space telescope programs aren't only feats of aerospace engineering. They also feature "lies, damn lies, and statistics." Or at least statistics. They definitely feature those, as ...

There is no chance in hell our species will be able to reach another Earth-like planet in the Universe in the foreseeable future, so the only way we can get a sense of the habitability of such places ...

A new survey of hundreds of astrobiologists reveals that, despite NASA's high-profile declarations about Mars and exoplanet K2-18b, most experts do not yet think alien life has probably been found.