While there are plenty of fantastical alien species that call the world of "Star Trek" home, the vast majority of main characters throughout the franchise are plain old humans. Spock aside, just about ...

A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from extraterrestrials. The paper, penned by researchers at the SETI (Search ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

After the U.S. began attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, Anand initially refused to say whether the American campaign violated international law.