Scientists propose a simple but powerful new method for detecting traces of alien biology, whether on Jupiter's icy moons, in ...

Imagined planets, ecosystems and creatures show how diverse alien biology could become.

Researchers say a biocontainment facility on the Moon could be humanity's last line of defense against potential future alien ...

Set in the year 2120, about 20 years before Ridley Scott’s original 1979 Alien movie, the series explores a world where massive corporations are racing to weaponize alien biology. So, instead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A megacorporation's research ship returns from a 65-year mission into deep space loaded with gooey alien specimens. But—and stop ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...