Modern astrobiology suggests that alien life would not evolve randomly, but under the same ruthless evolutionary pressures that shaped life on Earth. Scientists expect traits like symmetry, vision, ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

When astrobiologists are asked what aliens might look like, many now point not to distant galaxies but to some of the ...

As I found while working on my own novel, writing about aliens can be strangely helpful in this pursuit. Just as astronomers use telescopes to examine celestial objects light-years away, novelists can ...