New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for ...

In the search for extraterrestrial life, researchers have hinted at the idea that advanced alien civilizations may be ...

Europa has long been the darling of the search for life beyond Earth. The reason is simple: beneath its cracked, icy shell ...

If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams. In “The Pursuit of Happyness,” a struggling father tells his son, “Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t do something.

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

The genre of science fiction has a lot to say about sleep. Here are 11 great stories, from TV, film and books.

Matt is the heart of innocence inside the war in Falling Skies. Maxim Knight plays Matt with curiosity and quiet courage.

According to a new scientific hypothesis, alien civilisations may only become detectable at the moment of their collapse.

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, you're a large object like a moon or a planet; scientists suspect you also ...

Hidden within Cassiopeia A, the youngest known exploded star in our galaxy, astronomers have found surprisingly high levels of chlorine and potassium. These elements carry an odd number of protons in ...