Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

NASA has taken a bold step in the search for alien life beyond Earth. The space agency announced the selection of seven ...

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 ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

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

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, but what if the red planet actually delivered life to Earth in the first place?

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

The discovery marks a significant moment for a theory that was once dismissed as fringe science but is now gaining serious scientific traction. Panspermia is far from a modern invention. The concept ...

EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor) has attached to star in Life on Other Planets, a romantic comedy from Sony Pictures that is targeting a streaming release. Reps for Sony couldn’t be ...

Is there an Outer SpaceX? With 3I/ATLAS set to fly by Earth in just over a week, experts continue to speculate over its origins. Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb believes that if aliens, the comet wouldn’t ...