Movies like "Disclosure Day" and "Project Hail Mary" renew our fascination with extraterrestrials and the idea that humankind is not alone in the universe.

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers have so far identified over 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, only a ...

In the Texas Firsts series, old and new residents alike experience linchpins of Lone Star State life and culture. It started ...

Two new – otherworldly – government-operated website domains created this week have caused a stir. Alien.gov and Aliens.gov were both registered by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...

Four tarantulas discovered in Arabia and Africa form a new genus, Satyrex, distinguished by males with unusually long palps ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

Already, they’re showing a side of these creatures we’d never see otherwise. The delicate hairs of this caterpillar, captured ...

CISA routinely registers domains on behalf of government entities, sometimes as a precautionary measure to prevent misuse or ...

So, first contact with aliens. What would it be like. Hostile? Terrifying? What if it were funny. Connecting. Endearingly human-like, despite involving a life form utterly different from us. What if ...

Explore the darkest corners of the abyss with 18 terrifying creatures found at the bottom of the ocean. These are Earth's ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?