An intriguing religious issue is raised by an odd space-age colloquy in mid-February between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Out of the blue, political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama, “Are ...

Ridley Scott intended for Prometheus to be a completely separate tale from his horror classic Alien, but he also knows why ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to survive inside, while also protecting them from being desiccated or exposed to ...

Science fiction has imagined everything from little green men to tentacled monsters—but real biology may offer clearer clues. Evolution follows universal rules, meaning alien life on Earth-like ...

More than 2,500 alien plant species could find suitable conditions in the Arctic, especially in northern Norway and Svalbard.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has clarified comments he made about alien life on a podcast over the weekend ...

Publisher and developer Supermassive Games announced the next entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology, Directive 8020: A Dark Pictures Game, will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via ...

Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. Twelve light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon ...

Invasive species don’t need to arrive in huge numbers to cause trouble. Sometimes all it takes is one hardy newcomer that finds the right conditions, spreads quietly, and starts squeezing out native ...