Some of these approaches may show promise, but new research indicates much of today’s AI is even more easily duped by false ...

Three decades of finding new worlds Exoplanet science has moved fast since the first confirmed discoveries in the 1990s.

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Scientists suggest that advanced aliens might not have physical bodies, challenging traditional views of extraterrestrial ...

Earth plants could thrive under the light of an alien sun, according to a recent experiment. A team of astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under ...

"Project Hail Mary" really pushes the limit when it comes to non-humanoid aliens. But researchers posit that real aliens ...

Astrophysicists reported Wednesday they had found significant evidence that life may exist on a planet called K2-18b, some 124 light years away. The report, published in The Astrophysical Journal ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...