Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

In celebration of World UFO Day, I asked ChatGPT to give me a scenario where aliens finally make contact with us — and its ...

A set of protocols telling scientists what to do – and what not to do – if they ever detect evidence of intelligent life ...

What happens if scientists find evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence? That question was at the center of a recent SETI Live discussion about newly updated post-detection protocols and how ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

Amanda Lohrey’s 10th novel, Capture, follows a clinical psychologist researching patients who say they have been abducted.

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

For decades, the possibility of discovering extraterrestrial intelligence has captured the imagination of scientists, sci-fi enthusiasts, filmmakers, and the public alike. In line with such efforts, ...

The majority of Americans believe there is other intelligent life in the universe, CBS polling found, while one in five think extraterrestrials have already made contact with Earth. The poll comes as ...

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ...