The Harvard astrophysicist has devoted years—and thousands of interviews—to the idea that mysterious objects streaking ...

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Scientists propose a simple but powerful new method for detecting traces of alien biology, whether on Jupiter's icy moons, in ...

As for those salt clouds, the salt is not table salt or even Pink Himalayan Rock Salt, though that would go splendidly with ...

It’s impossible to separate UFO legends and lore from the Cold War, which led to a culture of secrecy in the military and public paranoia that the truth was being concealed. According to the ...

This illustration shows magnetic activity in an exoplanet. The planet is a gas giant like Jupiter, but it’s very close to its host star and tidally locked: one side always faces the star and is ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is a co-op shooter where you ...

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 ...

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic fields protect planets from energetic particles that can strip away atmospheres ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Resident Alien has spent the past few years quietly building one of television’s most devoted fan bases, thanks in no small part to Alan Tudyk‘s delightfully oddball ...