Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

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

Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could be crucial ...

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy — super-puffs the size of Jupiter. The ...

The recent discovery of an enigmatic substance on the surfaces of both Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and Pluto, our solar ...

Model could find patterns across multiple planets that reveal life – whatever form it takes ...

In the following six books, each writer looks to space to skillfully explore what it means to live on Earth. Salvation and ...

Life-forms made of stuff we couldn’t imagine may still be as conscious as we are.

Are we alone in the universe? Steven Spielberg and the cast of Disclosure Day don't think so. The team behind the sci-fi thriller extensively studied testimonies from people who claim to have ...

PARIS, France — An interstellar comet that blazed past the Sun last year could be nearly three times older than our Solar ...

With a much-hyped but middling Spielberg offering, a better-than-expected rom-com and a stinker horror-comedy, it’s a truly mixed bag of movies this week.