Sitting in line behind half a dozen SUVs to gain entry to Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park, I spot a sign out of the corner ...

I/ATLAS was first discovered on July 1, 2025, it has garnered much attention, including speculation, hopes and fears that it ...

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From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

The original Star Trek series secretly used sounds of people kissing to create noises for one of its many alien monsters.

During comet 3I/ATLAS's closest approach to Earth, the Breakthrough Listen project attempted to search the interstellar visitor for signs of technosignatures, or signs of alien beings sending ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Good morning, Kansas City,” actress Emily Blunt, as a TV meteorologist, says in the trailer for Spielberg’s forthcoming ...

Signs of Danger is a falling-sand-physics action-roguelite with built-in online and couch co-op multiplayer. Drop onto dangerously reactive alien planets where every pixel is physically simulated.

Mascha Schilinski poses with the Jury Prize (TIE) for "Sound of Falling” during the Palme D'Or winners photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 24, 2025 in ...

For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...