From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

The search for alien life often sparks the imagination with images of extraterrestrial beings and strange worlds. However, a new theory is shifting the focus—what if life elsewhere in the universe ...

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

Will we discover alien life by 2075? A top scientist predicts we will. Learn about the search for life beyond Earth, from ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to ...

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Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for Einstein's general relativity may rewrite that rule. When you purchase ...

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Noah Hawley’s new expansion to the “Alien” franchise introduces a host of new characters and concepts — and some disgusting new monsters. By Sean T. Collins The year is 2120, and the planet is ...

The sci-fi series, like the social-media horror story “Adolescence,” speaks to the fear of children being sacrificed to technology. By James Poniewozik In the sixth episode of “Alien: Earth,” Smee ...