Mars, long admired for its rusty hue and alien deserts, may play a far greater role in shaping life on Earth than once ...

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

Jerson Lopez-Sanchez, a 28-year-old illegal alien from Honduras, allegedly struck an ICE van in a December pursuit, according ...

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For decades, scientists have tried to turn the question of alien life from late-night speculation into something you can ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Scientists have found new evidence suggesting that interstellar 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spaceship, as one conspiracy theory ...

Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a ...

"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government ...

By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some ...