For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has revolved around a key question: What molecules should scientists be looking ...

Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers ...

Until the U.S. government has data or samples of alien material that can be shared, the story of extraterrestrial visitors is ...

New UCR research shows that the search for life beyond Earth could benefit from a statistical approach that prioritizes ...

An almost unkillable fungal strain isolated from NASA’s ultrasterile clean rooms hints at “critical gaps” in interplanetary ...

Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have uncovered a shared set of genes that may one day help humans regrow ...

A reexamination of microfossils found in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul shows that the marks previously ...

The Pentagon has revealed a series of images, videos, and other files from what are said to be "unresolved cases" related to ...

Among the most startling revelations is a 1966 FBI memo detailing reports of small, space-suited figures emerging from ...