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

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

The curious minds at What If have explored the discovery of a planet that could potentially host alien life.

Scientists have rewritten global 'first contact' protocols for how to confirm and announce the discovery of alien ...

Do not shout ‘alien!’” Amid surge of public interest in UFOs or UAP, one group updated its rules for how news of ...

Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers ...

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

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 ...

Scientists aren’t finding alien life because they are likely searching for the wrong signals or looking in the wrong places, a new study warns. Astronomers are mainly focused on avoiding “false ...

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For generations, science fiction has imagined what life might look like on other worlds. Novelist H.G. Wells described nightmarish squid-like Martian invaders in The War of the Worlds, while the ...