It’s a real space oddity. Former Pentagon UFO investigator Luis Elizondo claims the US government possesses unreleased ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien microorganism ...

Luis Elizondo claims unreleased photographs show giant monoliths on the moon. These intriguing images are expected to be made ...

NASA believes one icy moon may offer humanity's best chance of discovering alien life. Hidden beneath a frozen shell lies a ...

The scientist has outlined the 'potentially devastating and irreversible long-term impacts' of unknown organisms in space ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

K2-18b is one of the most promising worlds for the search for extraterrestrial life, so astronomers conducted an unusually ...

Once small enough, these technograins might gain a trip out of its host solar system by a solar wind that overcomes the star's gravity holding it back. These motes of dust are then free to roam the ...