The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great ...

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

A beloved sci-fi Tim Burton movie is finally getting a 4K release after three decades. This upgrade will let audiences ...

Deep beneath the Atlantic, an alien-like lost city of towering chimneys offers clues to life on Earth and other worlds.

Maymo’s animal-loving family watches their dogs encounter an alien in disguise in a strange and suspenseful real-life prank.

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Sega and Creative Assembly have finally officially revealed Alien: Isolation 2 with a new trailer at Summer Game Fest 2026. While the trailer stops short of announcing a release date or even a release ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the “strongest hints yet” of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural and free of any alien ...