The new Alien film has enraged many with the re-appearance of an actor from the 1979 original – brought back from the dead using digital trickery. Is such anger justified? The latest film in the Alien ...

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 ...

Comet P67 became the most famous entity in the Kuiper belt after the Rosetta mission collected samples from its icy surface in 2014. Rosetta’s incredible findings showed organic molecules existed in ...

Researchers may have discovered the source of a supposed alien broadcast last heard nearly a half century ago. The famous ‘Wow!’ signal was a 72 second-long signal that was caught on a radio telescope ...

For decades we’ve been listening out for a message from space. Organisations like Seti analyse unusual radio signals to catch potential transmissions from an intelligent alien civilisation. But what ...

A MESSAGE broadcast out to space revealing Earth’s location could provoke an invasion from aliens, an expert has warned. Nasa launched a basic one called Arecibo in 1974 but with better tech available ...

More than 70 years after Orson Welles' infamous War of the Worlds broadcast, a series of radio ads about a bogus alien invasion have spread panic among residents of a rural Alabama community. Star ...

A plan to beam powerful radio messages to possible alien civilisations on distant planets has caused consternation among some scientists who believe it could spell doom for humanity on Earth. Leading ...

The cosmic stunt marks a small step for man, a giant leap for advertising hype and underlines the desperation of British astronomers to find new sources of funding as they struggle to cope with ...

The biggest challenges facing the world's oceans and marine life were among the subjects addressed by the next generation during a special live Sky News broadcast from new depths of the Indian Ocean.