The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Covenant Health, based in Andover, Mass.-based, has sent additional data breach notification letters to patients after completing further analysis related to a cyberattack that occurred earlier in ...

Claims that the Nazca mummies represent a new alien species originate from a self-published paper by a retired paleontologist. A detailed peer review challenges these conclusions, identifying the ...

For one of the rarest moments in The Simpsons’ history, Maggie Simpson finally speaks… again — and this time, the voice belongs to none other than Lindsay Lohan. Though Maggie has uttered a word or ...

A strange metallic monolith was discovered deep in the Utah desert, and very few people knew where it was. Using flight data, terrain clues, and instinct, the location was quietly tracked down. The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When I first heard that Chloé Zhao was interested in making a film of my novel, “Hamnet,” I was instantly ...

The countdown to 2026 is on. There’s no telling what the year will bring. But we do think that, if you’re spending time in St. Paul when 2025 ends, you’ve got a pretty good chance of starting the new ...

3I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar ...

Growing up, Maggie would tell anyone who'd listen that she was going to be on TV one day, and she never stopped chasing that dream. She attended Central Michigan University, where she deepened her ...