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

Only 6.6% of surveyed astrobiologists agreed that scientists had probably found extraterrestrial life on exoplanet K2-18b.

Scientists have discovered an 'alien' material inside a massive crater on Earth, sparking new questions about how life may have first emerged on our planet.

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide ...

Just north of the Martian equator lies a 45 km (28 mi) wide impact crater that scientists believe may have been the site of an ancient lake. Here at Jezero Crater, scientists theorize that its frozen ...

Scientists have been left flabbergasted.

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines a very different kind of solar system that could harbor life-forms we haven ...