The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series of polls that show belief in alien visitation has been steadily on the rise since 2012. Moreover, ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It took less than a week for Boulder artist Jenny McCarty’s new project to evolve from good-hearted “micro-activism” to a national phenomenon that’s tapped ...

NASA's alien-hunting Europa Clipper spacecraft took seven hours of ultraviolet observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS while both objects zoom toward Jupiter. When you purchase through links on ...

This may be the best time to see this celestial visitor before it is gone forever. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reached its closest distance to Earth on December 19, and this is our last, best chance ...

Scientists baffled as 3I/ATLAS displays sun-locked jet with odds of natural alignment near zero As the winter solstice approaches, Earth is preparing for a brush with a high-speed traveller from the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Florida lawmakers have filed bills to eliminate the yellow registration decals on license plates. If passed, registration renewals would be recorded electronically, and law enforcement would verify ...

3I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar ...

The mystifying invader 3I/ATLAS, a comet that had been capturing the attention of expert and amateur astronomers alike, passed Earth early Friday morning, making its closest approach to our planet as ...

The first trailer for Steven Spielberg's newest film "Disclosure Day," a sci-fi thriller apparently about an alien invasion, finally answers speculation that arose during filming earlier this year.