There are plenty of great sci-fi movies to bring you the same sense of awe or ecological message as Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Astronauts of the future may be radically different from the rest of us in physiology and psychology. So, to what extent ...

In the profound silence of the cosmos, a provocative question lingers: if we are not alone, do our celestial neighbours also ...

Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new paper suggests that alien civilizations may communicate in ways that we do not currently ...

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 ...

Since the interstellar object (ISO) 3I/ATLAS was first discovered on July 1, 2025, it has garnered much attention, including speculation, hopes and fears that it may somehow contain evidence of ...

One proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox suggests that intelligent civilizations remain silent by necessity. Advanced technology makes detection equivalent to exposure, and exposure could invite ...

The depiction of humanity's 'first contact' with alien life has been the subject of countless sci-fi films and novels, but a new research paper argues that if we ever discover the existence of alien ...

A composite view of Mars taken by the Viking I and II probes. NASA/USGS In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The ...