As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Raymond Davis Jr. is dwarfed by the giant tank used by the Homestake detector in South Dakota, which first detected solar ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the ...

Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

For decades, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has been the domain of science fiction writers and late-night ...

We visit PARAM Foundation’s science experience centre in Bengaluru. The non-profit works to promote Indian history, science, ...

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

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...