Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond ...

Remakes generally fail to live up to the original movie, but these five sci-fi examples managed to both match up to and outshine their inspirations.

The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.

Someone asked “if you could know the truth behind one unexplainable mystery, which one would you choose?” and people described what they would love to know.

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

A study published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy presents evidence that the asteroid Ryugu contains all five of the nucleotide bases that make up the genetic code. That includes the ...

Melinda Beardsley's disappearance haunted her family for years. Now they have answers—but her case is far from closed.

How did investigators do it? Persistence and taking advantage of forensic advances.

But the phrase genetic supremacist is very apt. A strange part of the strange life of Jeffrey Epstein was his obsession with ...

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

The Colombian town of Buga was already on the map, not for science, but for faith. Its Basilica of the Miraculous Lord draws thousands of Catholic pilgrims annually. But since March 2, 2025, a ...