This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

The Trump administration has tapped a Harvard professor with controversial theories about aliens to lead a team of scientists ...

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 ...

Loeb's team will report to a new White House panel focused on UFOs, now often referred to as unidentified anomalous phenomena ...

From microscopic organisms living on frozen worlds to bizarre creatures drifting through alien skies, this journey explores ...

The scientific search for extraterrestrial life is almost entirely focused on biosignatures, radio signals, and microbial ...

As for those salt clouds, the salt is not table salt or even Pink Himalayan Rock Salt, though that would go splendidly with ...

Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.

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