Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known object to enter our solar system from another star, underwent a dramatic chemical and physical shift after swinging past the Sun. Observations by the James ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

Alien conspiracy theory is getting respectable (with a little help from "Disclosure Day"), and it has helped bring America back to magical thinking.

Those pesky space aliens are at it again … or I should say, conspiracy theorists’ hopes, dreams, fantasies and wish fulfillment, along with a combination of government reluctance to give adversaries ...

Previous landmark scientific discoveries like the Higgs boson provide a better template for what it will take to confirm whether aliens have made contact with Earth.

Obsession is maybe too hard-edged; interest too soft. But from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T” to his new sci-fi thriller “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg has spent nearly the entire ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? It was a temperate summer evening on September 19, 1961, when husband-and-wife duo ...

The TRAPPIST-1 system, located about 41 light years from Earth, has been a focal point of much exoplanetary discussion—mainly because it has seven confirmed planets orbiting a dim M-dwarf star. Two of ...