A look at the idea of searching for signs of pollution beyond Earth.

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was a global phenomenon that spawned many knockoffs, with films like Purple People Eater, Badi, ...

When the U.S. was born, humanity was still seven years away from balloon-borne flight. Where might we be another 250 years from now, should the nation be fortunate enough to survive that long?

From The Thing to Blade Runner, Aliens to Tron, these ’80s sci-fi classics prove practical effects can still outshine modern ...

Ten days ago, the LA City Council voted to start moving noncitizen voting toward the ballot. This week, the council ran away ...

With over three decades of pioneering research in forest genetics, biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration, Dr ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

An H-1B visa holder is allowed to pursue another job if laid off, but immigration officials are making it more challenging.

Murder, suicide, spontaneous combustion, sleepwalking, ventriloquism: these are some of the sensational events in the novels of Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810). As the United States’ first ...