Being able to spot the Earth, let alone any signs of life on our planet, would require an enormous telescope from 66 million ...

Werner Herzog does not believe aliens have visited Earth, but he does think other life forms exist in the universe. He also believes his poetry will outlive his films.

Although astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets, the number of confirmed exomoons—and exorings—is still zero. But ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaving our solar system for good. Here's what to know about its journey and NASA's observations.

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Globe Originals president Marc Robinson, musician and Bastille lead singer Dan Smith, and film producer Shannon McIntosh ...

Are aliens real? The question has animated conspiracy theories for decades and enthralled at least one former president of the United States. In a recent interview, Barack Obama became the first ...

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.

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

Planet K2-18b, an apparent water world 124 light years away, has been seen as a promising location in the search for aliens, ...

Thanks to theorists like Ruth Murray-Clay, astronomers are decoding how distant planets form, evolve, and maybe even host life. When Ruth Murray-Clay entered graduate school, only a handful of ...