When scientists search for alien life, they usually look for planets that resemble Earth. The reasoning is simple. Every known living thing depends on liquid water, carbon based chemistry, and the ...

With the release of "Disclosure Day," Steven Spielberg's new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: If aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us ...

Claims that aliens are already here are everywhere, but proving them is another matter. The strongest cases become more ...

WHEN Darwin published his theory of evolution in 1859, he gave a convincing account of how life on Earth has evolved over billions of years, from simple microbes to the diversity of the biosphere we ...

New research has found that a specific form of life may be able to live on one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus. Enceladus is a small moon of Saturn, roughly 500km across with a surface covered in ice, ...

Scientists have proposed a lunar quarantine facility to screen extraterrestrial samples before they reach Earth, citing the risk of unknown biological contamination. By NASA - Public Domain, via ...

Scientists blast the idea that consciousness is confined to human or animal brains in a provocative new paper published this week, arguing that minds could exist in alien life and even advanced ...

LIQUID asphalt is not a likely home, but hardy microbes have been found thriving in a natural lake made of the stuff. The discovery hints that alien life could exist in similar places. Microbes are ...

The search for alien life has mostly focused on water, oxygen, and distant Earth-like planets. Now another clue has entered the picture. Researchers say living systems may leave behind a hidden ...

There might be alien life on a nearby moon, scientists say - Saturn’s companion Enceladus has long been a particularly promising place to find aliens – and now researchers say that extraterrestrial li ...