LEGENDARY “natural mummy” Ötzi the Iceman was infected with a cancer-causing virus. The ancient human, who live around 5,300 ...

New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS debunk 'cloaking' myths. Astronomers reveal a thinning coma as the visitor heads ...

Some of the most famous alien races in all of science fiction originate in the "Star Trek" universe. From the violent, war-mongering Klingons to the silly, furry Tribbles, there are any number of ...

The depiction of humanity's 'first contact' with alien life has been the subject of countless sci-fi films and novels, but a new research paper argues that if we ever discover the existence of alien ...

Season’s greetings from The Debrief… this week in our top stories, researchers have unveiled a novel “cloaking device” that can shield complex objects from detection using real-world materials.

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.

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series of polls that show belief in alien visitation has been steadily on the rise since 2012. Moreover, ...

University of Leicester engineers have unveiled a concept for a device designed to magnetically "cloak" sensitive components, making them invisible to detection. A magnetic cloak is a device that ...