The discovery bemused residents of a small town in northeastern Australia. The objects appear to be junk from a space launch, ...

When Steven Spielberg announced Disclosure Day , many fans immediately saw it as another entry in the filmmaker's ...

Eventually, we'll launch a mission dedicated solely to studying an interstellar object. When that day comes, which one should ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

A new policy paper proposes a lunar biocontainment facility for extraterrestrial samples. This secure lunar laboratory would ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

A new study proposes examining Mars and other space samples on the Moon before bringing them to Earth, arguing it would ...

Seeking out the simplest, most elegant explanations has served scientists well for centuries, but cognitive scientist Marina ...

Metal spheres found on a Queensland beach are likely space debris, not extraterrestrial. The Australian Space Agency is working with international partners to confirm their origin.

A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly ...

Using emerging radio techniques refined during and after the Second World War, the astronomers detected a powerful radio ...

They’re gonna need a bigger boat. A wildlife biologist recently went diving for massive sharks off the South Shore, and his ...