The research is mounting up that we might not be alone in this big wide world. So what's the likelihood that aliens are out ...

For more than a century, popular culture has trained us to picture extraterrestrials as bug-eyed, bipedal “little green men” ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Many experts believe that aliens exist in the universe, with the key elements needed to sustain life found on comets, ...

Polling shows that nearly half of Americans now believe aliens have visited this planet—and that the number who aren't sure ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

A mysterious red jellyfish-like flashes, which were spotted in the sky, sparked rumours about aliens sending signals to our planet. People said that it “looked alien” as the flashes glowed brightly in ...

In her new book "First Contact," journalist Becky Ferreira explores the scientific search for alien life, our cultural obsessions with extraterrestrials and why the truth may be more human than we ...

Researchers in China have conducted the most thorough search yet for alien radio signals in the nearby TRAPPIST-1 system, which may harbor potentially Earth-like planets. When you purchase through ...

The following is an excerpt from First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens, by Becky Ferreira. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday earns a ...