Where did life on Earth come from? It is one of humanity’s oldest and most fascinating questions. For centuries, people have ...

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

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

And if aliens made of different stuff potentially possess consciousness, then why not minds made of silicon, metal, and ...

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

Disclosure Day treats extraterrestrial life as a challenge to faith. It’s not.

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun ...

EVE HEWSON: (As Jane Blankenship) What are you going to do? O'CONNOR: (As Dr. Daniel Kellner) Full disclosure to the whole world. FLORIDO: It is the latest film that Spielberg has directed about ...