The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability ...

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers have so far identified over 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, only a ...

When Michael Crichton penned the 1971 alien-invasion classic 'The Andromeda Strain,' he couldn't have predicted just how ...

Image: Universal Pictures While the crisis of a global pandemic (or near-extinction) is averted by the end of Wise’s sci-fi thriller, the implications are still dire. As humans tend to cycle through ...

Recent testimony and whistleblower claims have reignited debate about unidentified flying objects and the possibility of recovered non-human technology. Military officials and former intelligence ...

For decades, humans have scanned for signals of alien technology emanating through the galaxy. The search highlights the contradiction between the abundance of planets and stars that stretch across ...

Is the US government about to confirm that aliens are real? That’s the claim floating around among those who believe in prediction markets as reliable soothsayers of the future, a promise that ...

A huge wager on extraterrestrial life being revealed in 2026 may be linked to a trader with inside knowledge, a report from The Atlantic suggested this week. The report comes amid a spike in interest ...

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On Monday night, someone placed a peculiar bet on the prediction market Kalshi. At 7:45 p.m. eastern time, a single trader put down nearly $100,000 on the claim that, by the end of December, the Trump ...