The desire to meet aliens has always been with me. But the more I have learned about the Universe, the more I believe that they are probably out there and the less I believe that I am likely to meet ...

English science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once said, "Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." It's a line that has motivated ...

Sugar has been discovered in space and it could change the search for alien life - Erythrulose is found on Earth in raspberries and fake tan ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests alien life could be going undetected because scientists focus more on avoiding false discoveries than missing ...

New SETI protocols outline how scientists should verify, share, and respond to potential evidence of alien intelligence in the modern information age. Reading time 4 minutes The moment of first ...

The antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) under the Southern Hemisphere sky. (Rex Features/AP) The antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ...

Between the mid-1970s and early 1980s, two physicists, Michael Hart and Frank Tipler, published a controversial series of papers arguing that extraterrestrial intelligence didn't exist. As they argued ...

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets. Things mistaken for UFOs. In the search for alien life, humans have been fooled ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...