Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

In 1988, the Soviet Union launched two of its most ambitious spacecraft ever built not toward Mars itself, but toward one of ...

"Disclosure Day" director Steven Spielberg opens up to USA TODAY about aliens, AI and why he'll never quit making movies.

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

"Disclosure Day" director Steven Spielberg opens up to USA TODAY about aliens, AI and why he'll never quit making movies.

In the 1982 blockbuster, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, E.T. is lured out of hiding using a trail of Reese's Pieces. But what ...

Later this year, a prototype telescope is slated to land on the moon. It could usher in a new era of lunar radio astronomy.

If you had a great time with director Steven Spielberg's latest alien epic, "Disclosure Day," here are five additional ...

Members of the Darkstars are given powerful Exo-Mantle armors that give them super strength, speed, flight, and energy blasters. The Exo-Mantle’s most terrifying ability is that it can disrupt the ...

Science fiction has thrived in literature over the last half a century, thanks to masterpieces like Hyperion and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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

A Terracotta Army-inspired robot left visitors stunned after its leg fell off mid-dance in Shaanxi, China. Footage shows the ...