What if an alien species had a complete evolutionary history stretching billions of years? This deep dive explores the ...

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals . Unexplained gases on other planets. Things mistaken for UFOs ...

You might think that legendary sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke would've adored the Star Trek franchise, but that wasn't ...

A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

Theological debates suggest alien encounters might challenge religious traditionalists more than dismantle faith.

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

Ink addict and body modification fanatic Anthony "Black Alien" Loffredo has suggested he wants to shift away from his alien ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

The 2020s have churned out some incredible science fiction storytelling, and these are the best shows of the decade to seek ...

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

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revealed a distant planet located 40,000 light-years away using microlensing for the first time.