The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

The planet K2-18b, which drew intense speculation last year due to apparent signs of life, shows no signs of advanced civilisation after a comprehensive search for radio signals from it. In 2025, ...

Former President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens "have made contact with us," after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend. During a ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

If life exists beyond Earth, water may be the first clue. Water Worlds explores the planets and moons where liquid water could exist — and where alien life might be quietly thriving. US attacks Iran's ...

Water has long been seen as essential for life, but new ideas suggest entirely different chemistry could support living systems elsewhere in the universe. This video explores how elements like boron ...

Have you ever wondered how to make water from scratch? Exoplanets orbing other stars may have cooked up a new recipe. Manufacturing water is a relatively simple chemical process, albeit a dangerous ...

Researchers discovered that living horsetails act like natural distillation towers, producing bizarre oxygen isotope signatures more extreme than anything previously recorded on Earth—sometimes ...

Alien probes could be hiding among us in plain sight as we search for them in the wrong places. This is the theory of professor Alex Ellery of Carleton University who argues that if self-replicating ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Aliens may be hiding underwater in several areas on Earth, according to a Republican congressman from Tennessee. “What if these are entities that are here on this Earth, that have been on this Earth ...