While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic ...

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

A former senior analyst for The Bank of England warned the bank to prepare for alien contact, citing the United States' ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

There is currently no proof that the universe is home to other intelligent life forms aside from the ones that inhabit Earth, and evidence to the contrary ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

We recently discussed the different types of worlds that the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is expected to find that ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Some animals on Earth look so unusual that they appear almost alien. Their shapes, movements, and survival strategies challenge familiar ideas of what life should look like. Scientists study these ...

Nature is truly captivating. A time-lapse video capturing the growth of an array of wild mushrooms in a forest is all the proof you need. (Click here to watch the video if the embed does not appear.) ...