The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

A planet with twice Earth's gravity produces creatures with different skeletal requirements, different muscular architecture, ...

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

The Marvel Universe has a rich history, with some of its secrets taking ages before their truth was discovered.

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.

The planets are extremely large, with TOI-791 b being about the same size as Jupiter, and TOI-791 c even larger. Yet, they ...

A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some might survive the ...

Based on evidence collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could ...

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?Probably not, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the ...