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

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

A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly ...

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

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

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A set of protocols telling scientists what to do – and what not to do – if they ever detect evidence of intelligent life ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

One of YouTube's most successful independent animated projects is heading to television. According to Anime Corner, “Alien ...

For the first time in nearly 10 years, Ridley Scott fans will venture to theaters to see a sci-fi movie from the Alien and Blade Runner director, who has been steering more towards historical epics ...

A Stanford scientist's model suggests many small rocky planets can't sustain atmospheres, potentially explaining the scarcity ...

Where most science fiction films use aliens or government agents to instill fear in their audiences, Close Encounters uses ...