A collaborative project dubbed “A Sign in Space” is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for simulating a message to Earth from intelligent aliens. The project involved beaming an encoded message ...

Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing themselves — and its key ingredient is a common amino acid that’s found in ...

The Covenant expedition survivors, after being rescued from a Neomorph by David, hole up inside a large temple in the heart of the decimated Engineers' city. It's a place where David has been living ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. Modern physics ...