A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

And if aliens made of different stuff potentially possess consciousness, then why not minds made of silicon, metal, and ...

Our search for technosignatures—clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth—takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, which attempts to estimate how many technological ...

A new line of research proposes that the first clear signs of extraterrestrial intelligence may not come from distant stars, ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a ...

Are there no alien signals to find... or do we need to update how we search for them? We’ve been looking for messages from the stars ever since Frank Drake pointed the Green Bank radio telescope at ...

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other ...

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

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dropping a tribute to Ridley Scott’s 1979 “Alien” halfway through his franchise-expanding series wasn’t easy. But ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — A migrant advocacy organization that helps refugees throughout the world says the White House website is coarsely poking fun at migrants by comparing them to space ...