A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

Humans could have come from Mars, scientists have said. A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes could travel between planets on asteroids, meaning humans could be descended ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

Stellar plasma can smear alien radio signals before they escape their star system, making them harder for astronomers to detect.

Tom Cruise, who played Ethan Hunt for one final time in the eighth Mission: Impossible movie, The Final Reckoning. Cruise kicked off his career years ago with more original roles, but in the last few ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

The Southern California teenager whose home laboratory sparked a nearly week-long investigation from the FBI last week is speaking out, stating that he's just a "kid who's interested in science." ...

A 17-year-old whose science experiment led to a massive probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and hazardous ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.