The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

A study published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy presents evidence that the asteroid Ryugu contains all five of the nucleotide bases that make up the genetic code. That includes the ...

The domains come less than a month after President Donald Trump said he would order federal agencies to release government files related to "extraterrestrial life." ...

The Colombian town of Buga was already on the map, not for science, but for faith. Its Basilica of the Miraculous Lord draws thousands of Catholic pilgrims annually. But since March 2, 2025, a ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

A self-published 2022 paper by retired paleontologist Clifford Miles claimed eight Nazca mummies from Peru represented a new family, genus, and species, arguing their anatomy could not have evolved on ...

Researchers have reported detecting all five canonical nucleobases used in DNA and RNA in samples collected from the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu, building on analyses enabled by Japan’s Hayabusa2 ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ...

A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one of the strongest pieces ...

The Trump administration appeared to register the domain name aliens.gov on Tuesday, about a month after President Donald ...