Science fiction often shows aliens with human features like eyes, limbs, and faces. But science has a reason for questioning ...

"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 ...

A UFO whistleblower claims aliens walk among us, are billions of years more advanced than humans and may have inspired famous ...

Language and radio signals may not matter to aliens. Instead, they might be using patterns to leave a biological fingerprint.

The finding suggests phosphine—a potential biosignature—shouldn’t be viewed as evidence of alien life until natural, non-biological sources are ruled out. Reading time 5 minutes For scientists, the ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Astrobiology Club at the University seeks to break down misconceptions of alien life and create a space for scientific discussions.