Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but ...

For as long as humans have looked up at the night sky, we've wondered who, or what, might be looking back. From ancient myths about gods descending from the heavens to 20th-century UFO sightings and ...

Astronomers have been scanning the skies for alien radio signals for decades, but so far they’ve heard nary a peep (with one possible exception). But according to a recent study, that could be because ...

One of science’s greatest honours is to have something named after you. For example, geographer Alexander von Humboldt is remembered by a penguin, a Californian county, a mountain range and so much ...

A massive, unusual comet is hurtling through our solar system, yet NASA seems unfazed. While the scientific community offers measured, reassuring statements about the enigmatic object 3I/ATLAS, a ...

In her new book "First Contact," journalist Becky Ferreira explores the scientific search for alien life, our cultural obsessions with extraterrestrials and why the truth may be more human than we ...