The search for extraterrestrial life in this vast universe needs all hands on deck. A crowd-sourced project from UC Berkeley ...

Large language models have grown so vast and complex that even the people who build them no longer fully understand how they work. A single modern ...

Scientists have successfully created DNA with more than four base pairs—and it works. This video explains how and why that ...

The United States is stepping back from the most direct test yet of possible alien biology on Mars just as new telescopes and ...

By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some ...

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.

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

Dive into 'Stranger Things' Season 5’s shocking creature origins and learn the truth behind the Abyss, Demogorgons, and the ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.