Between planning for VFX, jump scares and Xenomorphs, composer Jeff Russo had his otherworldly soundscape work cut out for ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions comes up with an epic extraterrestrial playlist for Earth’s first contact from beyond the stars ...

A NASA‑linked study argues that alien probes could already be in our Solar System, but our surveys are still too crude to ...

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 ...

JWST lacks the precision to detect life on exoplanets, and this new telescope aims to change that.

The United States government’s recent release of hundreds of previously classified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) ...

ON AN August evening in 1995 there was a worldwide broadcast of an 18 minute, grainy black and white film that caused a ...

An illustration of the hazy, pink-hued gassy giant GJ504b, which may be a massive planet or a brown dwarf orbiting a nearby ...

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a discovery that turns out not to be real. Researchers have built entire ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its guidelines, requiring verification and UN consultation before announcing or responding to potential alien signals, to prevent misinformation ...