Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific ...

A viral podcast moment last month reignited speculation about extraterrestrials and prompted President Donald Trump’s commitment to kickstarting the release of government files on flying saucers. But ...

What: SETI Institute Artists-in-Residence present Exoplanetary Poetry, an art-science collaboration that trains artificial intelligence on exoplanet atmospheric chemi ...

A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from extraterrestrials. The paper, penned by researchers at the SETI (Search ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.

Alien: Earth Season 2 gets a new production update as star Sydney Chandler reveals when filming for the FX series may begin.

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

In Amiri’s calculations, Dyson spheres around white dwarfs tend to produce cooler, fainter thermal emission that peaks in the near- to mid-infrared, while M-dwarf cases can radiate more strongly but ...

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

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

New research reveals that elephant trunk whiskers are unlike any other animal's, and could inspire a new generation of robots.