Long before modern space exploration, scientists proposed astonishing ways to contact extraterrestrials—from giant burning symbols carved into deserts to synchronized nuclear explosions in space. Most ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

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Elon Musk has turned a long-running joke about being an extraterrestrial into a central part of his public persona, even as he argues that humanity may be the only intelligent life in the universe.

Space exploration refers to humanity's quest to discover what lies in outer space. While this is mainly done by astronomers ...