Many have watched recently released UFO videos, but most still think the government knows more than it is saying.

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 ...

New claims that the United States has recovered remains of four separate species of alien life are sending shockwaves throughout the UFO disclosure movement, further drumming up conversations ...

Suppose there are signs of extraterrestrial life and we have not yet been able to detect them. What does that mean? In Nature Astronomy, researchers discuss the consequences of these so-called ...

Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers ...

You’re reading Awakenings, a newsletter on religion. Click here to get the full edition in your inbox. Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of religion at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Two rovers have had big breaks over the past few years in the case of whether Mars ever hosted life. Curiosity, which is exploring Gale Crater, conducted a chemistry experiment on a rock sample that ...

A Daily Mail headline, among many others, warns, “Religious leaders told 'prepare now' for UFO disclosure to unleash Bible-changing revelations.” Next month promises to be a busy one, with Steven ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. When President Trump promised, in a social-media post in February, “to begin the process of identifying and ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the scientific challenge of defining and searching for non-Earth-like alien life forms that may not rely on carbon, water, or DNA. Iran missile strikes on Gulf states prompt ...