To support alien life, a planet doesn’t have to be exactly like Earth, but it does need a few key ingredients. First, it ...

Creating a believable alien world takes more than imagination. It requires biology, environmental logic, and evolutionary pressure. The Birrin ecosystem follows scientific rules every step of the way.

Planet K2-18b, an apparent water world 124 light years away, has been seen as a promising location in the search for aliens, ...

Self-proclaimed godman Ponga Hariom Das has grabbed headlines after claiming that he has travelled across planets, visited ...

For more than six decades, astronomers have listened for possible signals from extraterrestrial civilisations, with no confirmed detection to date. A .

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...

Obama replied “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in … what is it …?” “Area 51?” the interviewer responded. Then Obama said, “Area 51. There’s no underground facility.

With Area 51 ruled out by President Obama, where might aliens really be hiding? Scientists have now revealed the best candidates.

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...

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

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will be speaking at the Civic Theater in San Diego about the search for habitable planets and intelligent life in the universe.