Explore how cutting edge telescopes, AI, and new detection methods are transforming the extraterrestrial life search and ...

Aristotle's views on the nature of the cosmos dominated the Ancient Greek world. He argued that there's only one world, at ...

When a hunk of ice from another star system hurtles through our cosmic neighborhood, astronomers pay attention. When that ...

From 2nd-century sects to Heaven's Gate, doomsday cults are nothing new.

Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with ...

Stacker compiled a list of the best space movies of all time, from "WALL-E" to "Star Wars," as determined by the Stacker score.

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

If you’re just about to jump into Earth Must Die, let us tell you: you’re in for a treat. This alien adventure game, akin to a classic point and click, is as hilarious as it is enjoyable. With ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide ...