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

A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly ...

A set of protocols telling scientists what to do – and what not to do – if they ever detect evidence of intelligent life ...

The pilots dubbed the fireballs “foo fighters” but had no idea what they were. Plasma? Enemy tech? Aliens? We still haven’t ...

The Great Filter theory suggests advanced civilisations may self-destruct before contacting others, explaining the universe's ...

Scientists may have just taken one of the biggest steps yet in the search for life beyond Earth. Meet K2 18 b, a distant ...

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

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

Three companies will receive a total of $600 million to executive four moon landings, laying the groundwork for a planned ...

Scientists may have spotted a long-sought triplet superconductor — a material that can transmit both electricity and electron spin with zero resistance. That ability could dramatically stabilize ...

Once it was clear that the finding was most likely real, the team took a closer look at the chemistry of the material nearest ...