Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

Astronomer Jon Willis warns that alien signals could be passing Earth unnoticed because humans are searching on the wrong ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be ...

The object, called 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected passing through our Solar System.

Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day may be grounded in some truth after all. Fans have long believed that the movie was made to ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines a very different kind of solar system that could harbor life-forms we haven ...