The nature of space, time and the evolution of life on Earth mean it’s unlikely extraterrestrial life has visited our home planet.

A recently discovered "super Earth" located around 25 light-years from our planet is not as massive as previously thought, ...

Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got stranded on earth when his alien compadres abandoned their botany mission. In ...

A 1989 investigation by George Knapp explored how various religious perspectives, including Catholicism, Judaism, Mormonism, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In “Disclosure Day,” out Friday, Steven Spielberg is once again inviting audiences to ponder the existence of extraterrestrial life — and the implications it would have for religion ...

Between biosignatures and technosignatures lie noosignatures, and some scientists think they could help us find alien life ...

If you were hoping we’d find alien life hanging out on a cozy, pint-sized planet anytime soon, then you should know that ...

Many longtime Spielberg fans found the film intriguing and appreciated its ambitious ideas, but some felt the screenplay and ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...