A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

It's one of life's biggest questions - are we alone in the universe? Now, one of Britain's top space scientists has declared she is 'absolutely convinced' there are aliens out there ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Most people in 1998 correctly doubted that space travel would be common for ordinary Americans or that alien life forms would ...

For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on distant exoplanets and the rusty plains of Mars. Now, a small ...

Some of Trump’s more recent off-the-cuff speeches and statements have been beyond bizarre – rambling, disjointed utterances ...

As we look back over the past 20 years, certain villains stand out for their ability to linger in our minds long after the ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...