From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

For decades, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on distant exoplanets and the rusty plains of Mars. Now, a small ...

For more than a century, popular culture has trained us to picture extraterrestrials as bug-eyed, bipedal “little green men” ...

Whether or not we're alone in the universe is one of the biggest questions in science. A recent study, led by astrophysicist Nikku Madhusudhan at the University of Cambridge, suggests the answer might ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I explore a fascinating proposition about ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

There is an unusual alliance recently between space geeks, sci-fi fans and the high-profile personalities Kim Kardashian and Joe Rogan. They all share an interest in a newly discovered interstellar ...

The faint screaming of a creature stirring is heard at the end of the latest trailer for FX’s Alien: Earth from Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley, giving more clues to the series’ world-building and ...