Astrobiologists warn that NASA's current instruments may miss subtle signs of alien life, risking 'false negatives' in the ...

Watson's death last month prompted sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson to read his acclaimed 1973 debut and find out what she'd been missing. She found it fascinating – but reflective of its time ...

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

Getting a clean bill of health from a medical scan doesn’t always mean you’re healthy – sometimes the scanner just missed it. The same problem applies to searching for life on other planets, and until ...

Dr Sarah Alam Malik suggests Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus, and Jupiter's moon Europa, may host conditions suitable for life, challenging traditional views of the 'Goldilocks zone'.

Earth is gone. Humanity is drifting through space aboard giant spacecraft searching for somewhere new to survive. And naturally, things immediately get worse when aliens start kidnapping people for ...

It's one of the most famous UFO stories ever told and now an exhibit in Portsmouth is taking visitors inside the incredible lives of Betty and Barney Hill.

StarTalk explores a simple thought experiment: if an alien species visited Earth, what would you ask first? Bondi attack hero 'shocked' after being charged with assault on father I’m a cardiologist – ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. Modern physics ...

In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of ...