Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

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

"Project Hail Mary" really pushes the limit when it comes to non-humanoid aliens. But researchers posit that real aliens ...

Beneath the icy silence of Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys lies a world so unusual that it often resembles another planet.

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

An unusual sighting in a NASA image has reignited speculation that something extraterrestrial once existed on Mars.

A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the White House to lead a ...

"The universe may contain minds stranger than we can imagine." The post There May Be Bizarre Forms of Consciousness Drifting Through the Universe, Mind-Bending Paper Claims appeared first on Futurism.

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered vast hidden magma systems beneath the surface of Mars, marking an “unexpected discovery” leading the researchers closer to finding ...

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

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A new SETI study argues that turbulent space weather around distant stars can smear out ultra‑narrow alien radio signals, ...