Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every few years, a new “mystery metal” surfaces and the internet races to declare it proof that we are not alone. Shiny shards, polished spheres, and desert monoliths are quickly framed as alien ...

Physics and chemistry haven't been historically universal even over just a few centuries right here. Both are already very different from what they were just a couple hundred years ago, and the ...