Every few months, someone announces we’re on the verge of finding alien life, and the headlines go predictably insane. What ...

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Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest ...

To travel between solar systems, a spacecraft would need extremely sophisticated – if not impossible – technology.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide ...

The object, called 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected passing through our Solar System.

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 ...