But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if aliens were secretly living inside Earth, revealing underground ...

Steven Spielberg returns to alien storytelling with Disclosure Day, a global thriller exploring what happens when humanity learns we are not alone.

The Fermi Paradox asks a simple question: if alien civilizations should be common, where is everybody? The Zoo Hypothesis offers a chilling answer—advanced civilizations may already be out there, ...

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens. Reading time 6 minutes At Gizmodo, we love a good story about ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...

Of course, what if they aren't describing the physical laws? What if everything is just cargo culture. Ants make homes, harvest and store food, raise young. These Space Ants also harvest raw materials ...