The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Claims that the Nazca mummies represent a new alien species originate from a self-published paper by a retired paleontologist. A detailed peer review challenges these conclusions, identifying the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Covenant 21 Defeat the Covenant, round after round, using the mechanics of Black Jack and help yourself with powerful power-ups. Games metadata is powered ...

A strange metallic monolith was discovered deep in the Utah desert, and very few people knew where it was. Using flight data, terrain clues, and instinct, the location was quietly tracked down. The ...

Alan Dean Foster is a name that is known throughout the Alien fandom. Responsible for the novelizations of Alien, Aliens & Alien 3, he declined to return to adapt Alien: Resurrection after the ...