It’s a dizzyingly busy time for scientists searching for life on distant planets. To date, astronomers have cataloged more ...

Alien life may not need the kind of home humans instinctively search for. Some of the strangest possibilities begin once ...

For thousands of years, humanity has looked up at the stars asking the same question. Are we alone? Then one day, it finally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a watery exoplanet with a red dwarf sun overhead. A new study suggests that the exoplanet GJ 3378b, which ...

Former NASA astronaut Winston Scott said he believes intelligent alien life exists, but cautioned that military conflict in ...

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth. By Kai James / The Conversation Published May 27, 2026 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a ...

Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b ...

Where did life on Earth come from? It is one of humanity’s oldest and most fascinating questions. For centuries, people have searched for answers in religion, philosophy, and science. But what if the ...