For generations, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has captivated humanity. On Mars, faint traces in ancient ...

"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Some animals living on Earth appear so unusual that they are often compared to aliens. Their shapes, movements, and behaviors challenge common ideas of what life should look like. Scientists explain ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

During its original network run in the 1960s, Star Trek was famously saved from cancellation twice by fan letter-writing ...