Researchers looking for signs of extraterrestrial life instead stumbled upon a pulsar at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Scientists combined lab radiation experiments, mathematical modeling and Curiosity data to ‘rewind the clock’ about 80 million years — the length of time the rock would have ...

Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.

In Carlsbad Caverns, researchers found glowing cyanobacteria that thrive in darkness, suggesting new ways to search for alien ...

Investigators believe Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home late Saturday. Here's what to know about the case.

A Guatemalan man living in Dutchess County recounted his two weeks in detention. His experience highlights an ongoing legal battle over who can be detained.

Rebecca Ferguson's derivative sci-fi flop, Life, is heading to a new streaming home following the failure of her latest film, Mercy.

A "crowdsourced" project in which home computer users were enlisted to help analyze radio signals from space is ending after more than two decades.

The search for life doesn’t have to reach distant star systems—some of the best candidates may be right here in our own solar system. From buried oceans beneath icy moons to underground reservoirs on ...

Elon Musk discussed his views on whether aliens exist during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Newsweek reached out to Musk’s company SpaceX for additional comment via ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

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