A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, ...

Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got stranded on earth when his alien compadres abandoned their botany mission. In ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

For centuries, humanity has looked toward the stars searching for signs of intelligent life. But what if the biggest discovery in human history is not finding aliens somewhere far away, but realizing ...

Sometimes, even the wildest stories turn out to be true, as evidenced by the fact that many real-life inventions come from science fiction. That's why it's fascinating to find out that Phil Lord and ...

Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien microorganism ...

Is artificial intelligence flight ready?

English science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” It’s a line that has motivated ...

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A meteorite that crashed into a home two years ago contains 'salty' extraterrestrial fluids that scientists believe may ...