The mission is still in the early stages of its conception, with contracts given recently to firms.

I/ATLAS arrived fast, bright, and strange. When astronomers spotted it on July 1, 2025, they knew almost immediately this was no ordinary comet.

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.

With three hearts, blue blood and arms that appear to think independently, the octopus may be one of Earth’s strangest creatures—rewriting what scientists thought intelligence.

Based on evidence collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could ...

An interstellar comet that passed through the Solar System last year may be up to 12 billion years old – far older than the ...

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

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

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