But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

Astronomers have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology for decades. These searchers since 1960 have scanned the Milky Way for radio waves, optical flashes, infrared heat and ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

The Fermi Paradox asks a simple question: if alien civilizations should be common, where is everybody? The Zoo Hypothesis offers a chilling answer—advanced civilizations may already be out there, ...

Steven Spielberg returns to alien storytelling with Disclosure Day, a global thriller exploring what happens when humanity learns we are not alone.

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens. Reading time 6 minutes At Gizmodo, we love a good story about ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...

When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...

Of course, what if they aren't describing the physical laws? What if everything is just cargo culture. Ants make homes, harvest and store food, raise young. These Space Ants also harvest raw materials ...