US firm Vast is developing spinning space stations with artificial gravity to keep astronauts healthy on deep-space missions and push the search for alien life.

Outside of the movies, it’s hard to find something more beloved within the Alien franchise than the 2014 video game Alien: ...

An image of a tentacled growth in space has caused an uproar online with freaked-out viewers imploring astronauts to “kill it with fire.” Viral photos showed the floating, purple egg-shaped object ...

For decades, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has been the domain of science fiction writers and late-night ...

Come for the 12-hour campaign, stay for the co-op mode all about becoming the ultimate alien killer The object of the game is to use your space ship to pick up cargo from one side of the screen and ...

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...