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.

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series of polls that show belief in alien visitation has been steadily on the rise since 2012. Moreover, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...

This is not the most pressing issue in the trailer for Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s newest film out in June 2026, but isn’t Colin Firth looking a little bit like Bill Pullman lately? He’s got ...

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 ...

No small talk at the airport bar, don't lean your seat back and always be flexible: Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes share their rules for air travel What got bleeped out? Why did Wanda Sykes make that ...

NASA's alien-hunting Europa Clipper spacecraft took seven hours of ultraviolet observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS while both objects zoom toward Jupiter. When you purchase through links on ...

Most scientists search for aliens by waiting for signals that may never come. Avi Loeb argues that real evidence requires looking directly at what passes through our cosmic backyard. When unusual ...

Vladimir Putin was questioned on the existence of aliens during his annual televised news conference. Speaking during the event on Friday (19 December), the Russian president was asked by a reporter ...

Since its discovery, some people have speculated that interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS could be alien technology. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb points to its unusual trajectory and composition as ...