Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In the late 1800s Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli pointed a telescope at Mars ...

The Deep Space Network (DSN) is just the sort of tool aliens could one-day detect, transmitting from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL What if the first signal ever detected from an alien lifeform wasn't a ...

A new study presented at the 2025 EPSC/DPS Joint Meeting proposes that the rarity of specific geological and atmospheric conditions necessary for technologically advanced life significantly limits the ...

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For decades, scientists have tried to turn the question of alien life from late-night speculation into something you can ...

ALIEN-HUNTERS have narrowed down their 21-year-search for extraterrestrial life to 100 “signals of interest”. The mammoth ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

The director behind one of the year’s buzziest UFO documentaries is now openly suggesting that a sitting president could be the person who finally tells the world whether intelligent life exists ...