The ExoLife Finder (ELF) looks like no telescope ever built. A spectacular crown of 15 five-meter mirrors perches atop a ...

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which lie within the star’s habitable zone. In the foreground is TRAPPIST-1 b, ...

'Do all aliens really need sunlight?' ...

Months of development, and hundreds of discarded designs. Legendary creature creator Neal Scanlan goes deep on the conception ...

TOI-4616 b is an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting an M-dwarf that offers a strong benchmark for studying atmospheric loss and ...

"Star Trek" might be one of the most legendary, iconic sci-fi shows in the history of television, but that doesn't ...

What happens if alien contact stops being science fiction and becomes real? From mysterious interstellar objects to the possibility of signals, peaceful arrival, or outright attack, the deeper ...

Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have ...

Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien ...

Last year gave sci-fi fans a lot to be excited about, as we were given not only the first live-action Alien TV series with Alien: Earth, but we also got to see Predator: Badlands arrive in theaters, ...

In 'Project Hail Mary,' a human and an alien figure out how to cooperate across space. In real life, we can't see that fellow ...

It doesn't happen often in an actor's career when he gets offered a role in two of the biggest sci-fi franchises — "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" — and decides to pass on both. Yaphet Kotto, who played ...