The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if the James Webb Space Telescope actually discovered alien life.

This consciousness begins in Israel and radiates outward. It demands sweat, blood, tears of sorrow and tears of joy. The arena of our mission is not Mars, but the broken places of Earth: Africa, Asia ...

Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that ...

In the second season of “Sugar,” Colin Farrell’s character has to deal with life alone. At the end of the first season, it ...

Scientists are raising concerns that we may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life even when it is present. Hidden ...

A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.

Bored humans invented a cat IQ test, but it backfired and gave 90% of us pure anxiety instead! While our genius kitties aced it without a care in the world, it turns out we’re just too obsessed with ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is calling on the government to just "show the alien," arguing that after years of whistleblower hearings and Pentagon file dumps, the American public is ready to ...

The nature of space, time and the evolution of life on Earth mean it’s unlikely extraterrestrial life has visited our home planet.

When I look at the night sky, I don’t wonder whether alien life is somewhere out there; I think it probably is. Considering the sheer number of stars in the cosmos, and the possibly larger number of ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Oliva recommended six books in which the presence of aliens prompts readers to think more ...

Steven Spielberg says he "would not be the right person" to serve as an ambassador for humanity when we meet aliens. The filmmaker says that he "would really look forward to" a real-life Disclosure ...