The question of whether humanity is alone in the universe has fascinated scientists for generations, but few have pursued an ...

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?Probably not, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the ...

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

And if aliens made of different stuff potentially possess consciousness, then why not minds made of silicon, metal, and ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

Consciousness may arise in systems far different than the biology on Earth we are used to, according to new research.