Are we alone in the Universe? With more than 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe and at least 500 billion planets ...

A planet with one side permanently roasting and the other frozen in endless darkness might still have a chance of supporting life. Researchers found that heat inside a tidally locked exoplanet could ...

Director Steven Spielberg claimed aliens have already visited planet Earth – and now scientists said he may be on the money, ...

A nearby 'super‑Earth' just 25 light years from our solar system has been recategorised as a lighter, likely rocky world ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

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

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer them a somewhat risky buffet. There is liquid water, as well as salts, ...