May 16, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you ...

Researchers may have just revealed a new way of looking for alien life — it's based on the idea that it isn't just the type ...

If intelligent life exists beyond Earth, we may be picturing the wrong kind of encounter. Most of us imagine other beings as ...

Curiosity, which is exploring Gale Crater, conducted a chemistry experiment on a rock sample that revealed complex carbon ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson has turned his lifelong fascination with aliens into a new book, “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter.” ...

For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking ...

If you asked philosophers what the most mysterious thing about the mind is, most of them would say: consciousness. It’s just ...

Until the U.S. government has data or samples of alien material that can be shared, the story of extraterrestrial visitors is ...

Publisher Sega and developer Creative Assembly have revealed what appears to be a teaser trailer for Alien: Isolation 2. A mysterious video titled "A False Sense of Security" was posted by the ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between. By James S.A. Corey James S.A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the ...

For many fans, the behind-the-scenes strife of Alien 3 is as well-known as its on-screen excess: This is the movie that almost permanently pushed David Fincher out of Hollywood. Fincher inherited a ...

Rep. Tim Burchett says a member of our government has told him extraterrestrial beings have visited our planet, traveling on an otherworldly craft ... and made contact with humans!!! The Congressman ...