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"If a signal gets broadened by its own star's environment, it can slip below our detection thresholds, even if it's there." ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...

A viral podcast moment last month reignited speculation about extraterrestrials and prompted President Donald Trump’s commitment to kickstarting the release of government files on flying saucers. But ...

E.T. could be phoning home — but we’re not hearing the call. A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies.

Little Foot” is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. And now we finally have an idea of what this group of ...

Your home is crawling with life you can't see. Explore 18 fascinating microscopic beings that live in most houses, from dust mites to strange fungi.

Following former President Barack Obama’s recent comment to a podcaster that aliens are real, but he hasn’t seen them, President Donald Trump announced that he’s directing top officials to begin ...

Watching the former U.S. president these days is an exercise in wistful nostalgia. Remember when America was led by an intelligent, articulate, thoughtful and classy gentleman who spread hope instead ...

To hell with your Fermi paradox: we’ve got presidential declarations. During a podcast interview with political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen released Sunday, former president Barack Obama casually ...