Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

The “post-detection protocols” for announcing the discovery and existence of alien life have just had their first major ...

NASA's most eye-catching hints of alien life on Mars and a distant exoplanet left headlines breathless in 2025, but a major new survey of hundreds of astrobiologists suggests most experts do not yet ...