Aliens exist – they just haven't visited Earth, a NASA veteran has claimed. Dr Gentry Lee has worked at the US space agency since 1968, when he first got involved with the Viking mission to Mars. He ...

Disclosing government documents about UFOs won't mean much without hard physical evidence for alien spaceships or alien bodies.

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Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

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Life on Earth may not have started here at all. A scientist says alien intervention is unlikely but still possible, reshaping the debate on our true origins.

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New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier than believed.

Organic compounds found in Mars rocks are too abundant to rule out the possibility of Martian life in the red planet’s history, NASA scientists say. In March of 2025, NASA’s Curiosity rover ...

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can survive intense shock waves and toxic chemicals similar to those on Mars. The ...