NO ALIENS, dead or alive, have ever been taken to Porton Down, a government website proclaimed last year in an attempt to ...

Rocket Lab launched a South Korean disaster-monitoring satellite from New Zealand on Thursday (Jan. 29), about six weeks ...

The first Facehugger design for "Alien" was initially much larger and more grotesque. Thankfully H. R. Giger scaled it down ...

Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

Organic compounds found in Mars rocks are too abundant to rule out the possibility of Martian life in the red planet’s history, NASA scientists say. In March of 2025, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered ...

How did life begin? A team of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and Germany believes the answer may involve sticky gels that coated ...

While the Trump administration is defunding scientific research and imposing ideological demands on universities, the defenders of this repression are calling for even worse attacks against higher e ...

Apple TV+ has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming limited series adaptation of Margo’ . The dramedy is based ...

Thirty years ago, a distinguished group held its first formal meeting here in Las Vegas to discuss how they might approach ...

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...