"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

By LINDSEY BAHR It’s been a minute since we’ve had a big screen space epic that’s as fun as it is awe inspiring. The last ...

A high-ranking retired US Air Force major general who once commanded a base long associated with UFO lore has been missing for nearly two weeks, and authorities are ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

In 2011, Paul Krugman infamously declared that the US could revitalize its slow economy if it were to prepare for an invasion of space aliens. Would the real ...

The question of whether aliens exist is not a new one. In science fiction films and books, people have wondered if we’re the only life in this universe and what that can imply for universes beyond ...

Plus: AI fakes of the Iran war are flooding X—and Grok is failing to flag them. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the ...

Ryan Gosling’s new science fiction movie shows an astronaut who saves the world and dies to self. Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary.

Theoretically, it’s impossible for us to perceive a 4D creature. That is, unless it broke into our three-dimensional reality.

ICE detention centers have a reported history of poor conditions, abuse and medical neglect, which may have contributed to detainee deaths.

With “Project Hail Mary,” the directing duo of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, working with the star power of Ryan Gosling, ...

Author Andy Weir has single-handedly shaken up how moviegoers imagine astronauts. For a wide swathe of sci-fi movies, from 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Right Stuff, Gravity, Apollo 13, Interstellar, ...