We've all grown up dreaming of aliens landing on the Earth or laser beaming across the sky; well, either way, it's sci-fi and ...

It seems that we are completely alone in the universe. But simple reasoning suggests that there should be an abundance of alien civilizations. Maybe they're all out there, but they are keeping their ...

Earlier, 3I/ATLAS was being rumoured to be an alien spaceship that might be heading to probe Earth, now that it has flown by ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

In the many decades of NASA exploration, there has only been one detection that got on that scale. It was collected by the ...

“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...

A recent conundrum about a star 1,500 light years away discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope has extraterrestrial enthusiasts crying "alien" as an explanation, but scientists studying the star are ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Scientists warn humanity that the first contact with an alien civilisation may be loud, chaotic and extreme, potentially ...

The Manhattan-sized interstellar visitor hurtling through space has captured the imaginations of UFO watchers for months and ...

One common complaint about science fiction involving aliens, especially a large and diverse cast of different alien races, is that the aliens just aren't alien enough. It seems like every week, the ...