Every few months, someone announces we’re on the verge of finding alien life, and the headlines go predictably insane. What ...

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

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest ...

Astronomer Jon Willis warns that alien signals could be passing Earth unnoticed because humans are searching on the wrong ...

To travel between solar systems, a spacecraft would need extremely sophisticated – if not impossible – technology.

Scientists have discovered an 'alien' material inside a massive crater on Earth, sparking new questions about how life may have first emerged on our planet.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide ...

The object, called 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected passing through our Solar System.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg recently said that he believes aliens from outer space have “absolutely” been on Earth.

Ahead of his film Disclosure Day hitting theaters June 12, Steven Spielberg revealed why he’s “always,” believed aliens are ...

Hollywood has made a slew of fictional movies on aliens. But there are stars who believe there is life beyond the Earth, ...