The discovery bemused residents of a small town in northeastern Australia. The objects appear to be junk from a space launch, ...

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

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

Forget water, snow or rain. Deep inside the atmospheres of some giant planets, scientists believe carbon is transformed into diamonds that may literally fall through the sky.

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

Sometimes the most extraordinary places hide in plain sight, and the Dee Wright Observatory near Blue River proves that ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that consciousness could arise in many different forms of life, even in beings built from ...

Instead of searching the skies for radio signals, scientists suggest the first evidence of an extinct alien civilisation could be buried in lunar soil.

If scientists sift through the Moon’s surface, we could find microscopic dust suggesting alien life, an Oxford astrophysicist suggested Breaking News Intern We may be able to find evidence of advanced ...