The curious minds at What If explore the possibility of an alien civilization existing on Proxima b, imagining how they might ...

What if aliens heard us broadcasting our existence?

Did Obama confirm the existence of aliens, only to walk it back? After saying “they’re real” on Brian Tyler Cohen’s podcast, the former president clarified that statistically, extraterrestrial life ...

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Back in 2012, John Carter landed in theaters with massive ambition and an even bigger price tag. What followed was one of the ...

Elon Musk had some bizarre things to say at a recent xAI meeting. Credit: Hakan Nural/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images And in an unusual move, xAI posted the entire 45-minute meeting online. The most ...

The combustible sedimentary rock, better known as coal, was not only crucial to the onset of advanced technology here on Earth, but it should also be key to the development of advanced E.T.s residing ...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy just made a tremendous change to the Prime Directive, the guiding principle of Starfleet that’s been central to the franchise for 60 years. Formally codified in 2383, the ...

Since the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) experiment in 1960, scientists have been scanning the Milky Way for signs of advanced alien civilizations. They have looked for unusual ...

Documents might help scientists shed light on unexplained phenomena and government secrets, experts said.