Extraterrestrial Life

Theologians and scientists are meeting at the Library of Congress today to discuss astrobiology and religion as part of a two day event that will culminate in a free public round-table in which the group will share their findings and thoughts with the public.

The colors of light coming from the surface of exoplanets could help scientists locate extraterrestrial life, thanks to a new database created by a team of researchers. When searching for extraterrestrial life, astrobiologists typically look for the type of life ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft spotted geysers on the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus ten years ago. And new research suggests that these geysers are caused by active hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the moon’s ice-covered sea–vents that potentially warm the ...

There has been a lot of online buzz around photographs that one researcher has called a "smoking gun" when it comes to proof that aliens are visiting Earth. I caught up with an owner of the slides, Adam Dew, to ask him about some of the outstanding questions and to address some of the speculation out there.

The Great Barrington Historical Society and Museum has inducted an alleged UFO sighting and alien abduction because they believe the case to be "historically significant and true."

Last week we wrote about the announcement that photographic slides of an alleged alien taken in 1947 will be revealed on May 5, 2015 in Mexico City at an event presented by Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan. However, as part of the announcement there was a trailer for an upcoming documentary on the slides, and with some manipulation, a screenshot from the trailer may have revealed the actual alleged alien photograph.

A team of scientists estimates that there may be hundreds of billions of Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy that can support alien life. New studies and new projections are frequently published by researchers because incredible space tools, like ...

One of the big questions regarding the discovery of extraterrestrial life, even if it is an itty-bitty microbe, is what impact it would have on society. Some have suggested that people will freak out and religions will crumble. Others think the news will be met with a resounding, "meh."

Scientists have found a tiny metal orb they believe is extraterrestrial in origin, has evidence of life on its exterior, and also has "a gooey biological material oozing" out of it. The lead scientist of the team who discovered the object suggests that it may have been sent by an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization for the purpose of seeding life on Earth.

A touring museum exhibit titled Alien Worlds and Androids is all about the search for alien life. Centering on the question, “Are we alone?”, visitors to the exhibit “join scientists in their search for alien life within and beyond our ...

A scientist believes that formations in Martian rocks may have been created by microorganisms. Dr. Nora Noffke, a geobiologist at Old Dominion University in Virginia, studied images photographed by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. These particular photos were taken as Curiosity ...

A new petition is asking the Obama administration to “support congressional hearings for government/agency/political witnesses to extraterrestrial related events and evidence.” This petition was added to the White House’s We the People website on Wednesday, January 7. This is the ...

NASA’s Kepler space telescope hit a major milestone on Tuesday, January 6. It was announced at the annual winter meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle that Kepler has now identified more than 1,000 exoplanets and more than 4,000 ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover made a surprising discovery that could suggest that something is alive on Mars. On Tuesday, December 16, NASA announced that Curiosity detected a sharp spike in methane levels, and that drilled rock samples revealed the first definitive ...

An odd meteorite believed to have come from Mars that landed in a Moroccan desert in 2011 has been discovered to contain an organic carbon compound that is biological in origin.

Roswell researcher and author Tom Carey told the crowd at American University yesterday that he has the “smoking gun” to prove once and for all aliens are real. According to an article by WTOP in Washington, Carey claims to have ...

Many believe that intelligent extraterrestrial life exists somewhere in the universe. Poll after poll demonstrates that most people share this belief. But, if intelligent extraterrestrials are out there, should humans attempt to contact them? This question was recently posed to ...

A politician in Sri Lanka says a team of "white gentlemen" from an international space agency tried to steal meteor fragments that prove alien life exists in order to hide from the world that "creationism is a blatant lie."

A lecture given by SETI scientist, Dr. Jill Tarter at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia on Monday night October 27th saw some uncomfortable moments when an audience member confronted the celebrated astronomer with notions that the organization was involved in a cover-up of what he thought was the reality of an extraterrestrial presence on planet Earth.

A recent, brief observation of Saturn’s moon Titan revealed unusual groupings of organic molecules in the atmosphere. Scientists made the discovery while observing Titan’s atmosphere using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile’s Atacama desert. “A single 3 minute ...