It was a simple question asked over lunch in 1950. Enrico Fermi, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who helped usher in the ...

NASA's search for life is taking a bold turn toward the coldest corners of the solar system. Moons like Europa, Titan, and ...

NASA's discoveries reveal water's prevalence beyond Earth, from subsurface oceans on moons to vapor in exoplanet atmospheres.

For decades, humanity has been searching the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial life, yet we remain alone in our corner of the universe. Despite the vastness of space and the billions of potentially ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

How would we communicate with extraterrestrial life forms? Scientists are investigating how we can prepare for contact with ...

Do aliens exist? Based on how many alien invasion movies there are, you'd be forgiven that there's gotta be some proof of ...

Pixar's "Elio" follows an 11-year-old boy whom aliens mistakenly believe to be the leader of Earth. It hits theaters June 20.

Humpback whales have been caught blowing bubble rings at humans in what may be playful or communicative acts. This discovery ...

Zoe Saldaña and Brad Garrett are among the voice cast for the animated feature about a young boy who, feeling out of place on ...

Exclusive: Dean DeBlois opens up about how much E.T. and Steven Spielberg influenced his work, from Lilo & Stitch to HTTYD.

How can radio astronomers successfully identify extraterrestrial radio signals while discerning them from Earth-based radio signals? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal ...