We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: are we ...

Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens, says former policy expert - Financial markets could ...

For centuries, humans have looked to the stars, the oceans, and even the tiniest cells to answer one impossible question: why does life exist at all? From philosophers to physicists, theories have ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

Astronomers now believe that trillions of galaxies may exist throughout the vast expanses of the universe, meaning that a near countless number of stars and star systems exist beyond the solar system.

In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based “protocell.” The following is an excerpt from Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest ...

AMHERST, Mass. — While popular culture commonly depicts extraterrestrial life as little green men with large, oval-shaped heads, it’s most likely that if there is life beyond our planet and within our ...

It appears that we live on the knife-edge, where only the narrowest combination of values for the fundamental constants allow life, and especially conscious life, to arise. When you purchase through ...

The people we love, the work we pursue, and the hints of a creator’s presence are sources of deep meaning in our lives. Yet, beneath these grounding forces lies a quiet yet persistent sense of ...

Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings. The research, led by scientists ...