New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth ...

Strange interstellar comet speculated to be alien spacecraft is older than Solar System - Scientists say comet represents ...

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life. The problem is not finding the star.

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

For every "Alien" or "Event Horizon," there are dozens of lesser-known space horror movies that deserve much more love and ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

Brian Johnson, who has died aged 86, was an Oscar-winning visual effects maestro and modelling specialist who contributed ...

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

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

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.