From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

I’m starting to feel like The Asylum’s public relations person this week. My fourth Asylum story in seven days about their fourth new release in barely over a month, the sci-fi found footage shocker ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

Recent studies have unearthed controversial findings in a meteorite that suggest possible extraterrestrial origins. We will delve into these findings, examining the evidence, the theories that have ...

GREENBELT, Md. -- A team of international scientists says they've found sugars in meteorites that could be essential to the creation of life. The team, which included scientists from NASA and other ...

"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. We’ve pieced together a remarkably detailed timeline of ...