Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year ...

When sonar first picked up a massive, stair‑like object on the floor of the Baltic Sea, the image looked less like geology and more like a movie prop. The structure’s circular outline, sharp edges and ...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...

If there's one modern astronomical concept that has successfully permeated the mainstream media, it's the "Goldilocks zone." Not only is it associated with the search for alien life, one of the more ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life. An illustration shows what ...