A METEORITE that smashed though a roof and into a New Jersey bedroom may contain the chemical blueprints of alien life.

Sometimes, even the wildest stories turn out to be true, as evidenced by the fact that many real-life inventions come from science fiction. That's why it's fascinating to find out that Phil Lord and ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow the search for potentially habitable planets beyond Earth. When you purchase ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system in the last decade, but figuring out whether any of them support life is much harder. The reason is that our telescopes don’t have ...

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 ...