The search for extraterrestrial life uses radio signals, telescopes, and rovers. The Fermi Paradox questions why we haven't detected alien civilizations. The Drake Equation estimates the number of ...

The possibility of extraterrestrial or beyond human life is a common theme in popular culture. However, in this episode, Andrea Vicini asks us to seriously entertain what an encounter with the Other ...

Just imagine it, the news stories are all over your phone when you wake! The day will surely come that we will discover that we are not alone in the universe! What happens the day after though? A new ...

Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a lot we don't know, according to Ulf Danielsson ...

The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s ...

An anomaly in the temperature of the universe has long stumped physicists, and a new analysis of data from several radio telescopes has only deepened the mystery of what is causing it. This weird ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the mystery of extraterrestrial life — with billions of planets out there, are we truly alone, or just not looking in the right places? The universe may be hiding answers.

LIFE BEYOND is a cinematic exploration of alien life, deep time, and humanity’s place in the cosmos. This teaser offers a ...