For years, the search for alien life has focused on Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. But this episode explores a ...

Science writer Becky Ferreira explains biomarkers that scientists can look for to determine whether alien life is inhabiting ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

Stargate SG-1 proves the Prime Directive can be frustrating, showing how stepping in can save lives and improve entire ...

In March 2026, SETI Institute researchers contributed to a wide range of conversations about our solar system and the search ...

Assembly Theory shifts the search for life from identifying specific molecules to measuring chemical complexity, offering a ...

NASA’s Dragonfly will explore the air, land and seas of Titan, Saturn’s most mysterious moon NASA plans to launch a wildly ambitious nuclear-powered octocopter to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in 2028 ...

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 humans are our neighbors.

Anybody who has seen "Finding Nemo" knows about those captivating monsters of the sea: anglerfishes. Variously horrific or ...

One of Project Hail Mary's main characters is an alien rock who doesn't have a face. For screenwriter Drew Goddard, adapting ...

Future missions will need longer expiration dates and grow-it-yourself options. Luckily, labs around the world are working on ...

Adapted from a novel by Andy Weir and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, “Project Hail Mary” is marketed as the ...