Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

In 1988, the Soviet Union launched two of its most ambitious spacecraft ever built not toward Mars itself, but toward one of ...

(University of Birmingham) The quantum world is mind-bogglingly counterintuitive: at the smallest scales, basic physical qualities like position and speed are murky, and time as we know it doesn't ...

Deep within Uranus and Neptune, immense pressure and heat are transforming carbon into diamonds that rain down through the ...

Alien probes could already be hiding somewhere in our Solar System – and our current surveys are nowhere near good enough to rule them out, according to a NASA‑linked study presented this month by ...

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

The New York Knicks have built a historic 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals, becoming just the third team in history to win the opening pair of games on the road. But their advantage in the series doesn’t ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

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The mystery of Peru's "conehead" mummies has baffled scientists for decades, and new DNA tests on the mummies' teeth have ...