A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. Our natural satellite is so familiar it’s easy to take it for ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

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

A debate has been raging among planetary scientists for more than a decade—why are there so few exoplanets with a radius of about 1.8 times that of Earth? Exoplanets are currently largely grouped into ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun ...

We’ve got some bittersweet news for fans of the quirky sci-fi comedy Resident Alien. The good news? The fourth season of the Alan Tudyk-led series is officially heading to Netflix in the United States ...

A Daily Mail headline, among many others, warns, “Religious leaders told 'prepare now' for UFO disclosure to unleash Bible-changing revelations.” Next month promises to be a busy one, with Steven ...

A science-minded look at how Spore imagines life, evolution, and survival across bizarre alien worlds. He was fooling around on the edge - then his hand suddenly slipped Trump wants a new Air Force ...