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

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

Rather than life starting independently on Earth, a fraction of the scientific community has spent years arguing that cosmic ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new ...

Researchers discovered that life leaves behind unique statistical patterns in molecules, potentially offering a new way to ...

Scientists have discovered an 'alien' material inside a massive crater on Earth, sparking new questions about how life may ...