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

It is a piece of chemistry born light years away, a rogue iceberg of cosmic material that pre-dates our own Sun. And for a brief, glorious period, it has been sailing through our celestial ...

A surprising number of animals can reproduce without mating through a process known as parthenogenesis. This biological strategy allows females to create offspring genetically identical to themselves.

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Physics and chemistry haven't been historically universal even over just a few centuries right here. Both are already very different from what they were just a couple hundred years ago, and the ...

Where are all the aliens? No, I don’t mean microbes on Mars or creatures swimming beneath the ice crusts of Europa or Enceladus, but honest-to-God intelligent aliens, capable of space travel? The ...

Assuming our solar system’s newest interstellar object isn’t an alien mothership sent here to menace us, humankind still hasn’t spotted any signs of extraterrestrial life, let alone intelligence — ...

Dan Farah's documentary features 34 government officials, including senators from both parties, sharing their thoughts on alien life and the role that the U.S. might have played in covering it up.

Scientists say the video offers a unique look into shark mating behavior—and might also help with conservation efforts. Two Indo-Pacific Leopard sharks males observed mating with a female at a reef ...

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the season 1 finale of Alien: Earth on FX. Noah Hawley’s ambitious contribution to the Alien franchise wrapped its first season on FX by delivering ...

New details have emerged in the death of a man who became unresponsive while riding the Stardust Racers attraction at Universal’s Epic Universe theme park, according to reports. The rider, now ...