The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has preoccupied scientists for decades, but efforts to find life beyond our planet have so far been unfruitful. Now experts are planning to ...

Turns out Woody Harrelson was drawing from real-life experience for his Saturday Night Live "Close Encounter" sketch. Along with recounting an eventful Grateful Dead concert, the Now You See Me star, ...

The risks associated with a new proposal to beam Earth’s position and details about humans to possible alien life should be taken “seriously”, a scientist has warned. A Nasa-led team has unveiled ...

What would happen if aliens contacted us? It’s a longstanding question that now has at least a partial answer, after a transmission designed to mimic correspondence from an extraterrestrial ...