A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the daunting possibilities of the Fermi Paradox and the Dark Forest theory to explain why the cosmos ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?Probably not, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the ...

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the ...

A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.

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God and aliens are having a moment. But what do Christianity and other faiths really teach about ETs?