Scientists have found a hidden biosphere stretching miles beneath Earth’s surface and as deep as 6 miles below the seafloor. It may hold up to 15% of all biomass on the planet, with microbes surviving ...

"If Mars could develop this kind of complex crust without plate tectonics, then maybe the conditions needed for habitability ...

The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great ...

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

A beloved sci-fi Tim Burton movie is finally getting a 4K release after three decades. This upgrade will let audiences ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Resident Alien has spent the past few years quietly building one of television’s most devoted fan bases, thanks in no small part to Alan Tudyk‘s delightfully oddball ...

Sega and Creative Assembly have finally officially revealed Alien: Isolation 2 with a new trailer at Summer Game Fest 2026. While the trailer stops short of announcing a release date or even a release ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the “strongest hints yet” of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...