Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year ...

Could Steven Spielberg's new movie, Disclosure Day, be linked to Close Encounters of the Third Kind? The trailer might have ...

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

The ambitious Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin's 3 Body Problem proves that smart, high-concept sci-fi can still captivate ...

A recent paper published in December to the journal Religions posed a simple yet profound question with its headline: ...

The threats of AI underline the urgency of a revolutionary, ecosocialist break with the civilisation of capitalist growth.

Science fiction often shows aliens with human features like eyes, limbs, and faces. But science has a reason for questioning this idea. Through convergent evolution, similar environments and physical ...

Former President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens “have made contact with us,” after sending social ...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has clarified comments he made about alien life on a podcast over the weekend.

Former US President Barack Obama said he’s seen no evidence that aliens have made contact with Earth, clarifying his position ...

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