The search for life isn’t limited to distant exoplanets—some of the most promising candidates may be right here in our own ...

NASA has confirmed the detection of a colossal interstellar comet measuring up to 20 kilometers across as it speeds through ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have ...

TOI-4616 b is an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting an M-dwarf that offers a strong benchmark for studying atmospheric loss and ...

In March 2026, SETI Institute researchers contributed to a wide range of conversations about our solar system and the search ...

Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien ...

The new science fiction film adaptation leans heavily on real science done by the National Aeronautics and Space ...

Over the decades, the depiction of artificial intelligence has evolved from sci-fi villain to systemic reality.

Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, ...

When I was a teenager in the early 1980s, I realized the potential of using video games in education. The same high school ...