How would you describe a culture where women are flogged in public for “inappropriate dress?” A culture where one ...

Psychic spy veteran Lyn Buchanan claims the CIA accessed 23andMe and Ancestry.com to search for people with extraterrestrial ...

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

Universal Pictures just dropped the final trailer for Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s first sci-fi film since 2005’s War of the Worlds and his first directorial effort since 2022’s The Fabelmans.

StarTalk explores a simple thought experiment: if an alien species visited Earth, what would you ask first? Canada agreed to delay Detroit-Windsor bridge opening after US request, Carney says 414 ...

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. Modern physics ...

In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...