The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy that presents a unique ...

A team of amateur citizen scientists have made a significant discovery. They found huge gigantic radio circles in the deepest ...

You know that feeling when you walk into an ice cream shop and suddenly find yourself hurtling through the cosmos with a cocktail in hand? Retrograde in Denver is that exact experience, and it’s ...

New research provides a physics based solution for why we aren't hearing potential messages from alien civilizations.

In a talk at South by Southwest, Steven Spielberg revealed his own thoughts about the existence of space aliens while discussing his upcoming "Disclosure Day." ...

As Nicolas Roeg’s enigmatic, unclassifiable film – in which David Bowie plays an alien visiting Earth – turns 50, we look back at Tom Milne’s deciphering of it. From our Summer 1976 issue.

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...

For decades, humanity has been looking for answers to unravel the mystery surrounding aliens’ existence, but they have failed ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Elon Musk had some bizarre things to say at a recent xAI meeting. Credit: Hakan Nural/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images And in an unusual move, xAI posted the entire 45-minute meeting online. The most ...