The Fermi paradox asks why we haven’t found aliens yet. Scientists say the answer may lie in timing, technology, and the vast ...

In celebration of World UFO Day, I asked ChatGPT to give me a scenario where aliens finally make contact with us — and its ...

Are we alone in the Universe? With more than 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe and at least 500 billion planets ...

Astronomer Dr. David Kipping argued that we're more likely to meet a "unusually loud" extraterrestrials whose empire is on the decline. When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to ...

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As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters of the Third Kind contact humans using music and lights, but the director ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

Kansas sculptor Mike Miller winds string through a red wire-and-wood sculpture topped with painted locust seed pods and spiky orbs from a sweet gum tree. The Millers' show at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center ...

One day, probably far off in the very distant future, if astronomers are correct in their assumptions about the vastness of space, Earth will be visited by intelligent beings from another planet.