A Harvard astronomer, known for his provocative theories regarding extraterrestrial visits, has been selected by the White House to spearhead a team of external scientists. Their mission: to ...

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Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins Saturday TODAY to chat about this new book “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” and reveals who he thinks aliens should ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun ...