Report: Evidence of Life Found in Lake Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
Scientists have found the bodies of tardigrades, algae, diatoms, and small crustaceans in a body of water buried…
Here's Where the ExoMars 2020 Mission Will Likely Land, and Why
When it comes to landing a robot on another planet, perhaps the most important question is where to put the dang thing.…
Report: NASA and Yuri Milner Working Together on Life-Hunting Mission to Enceladus
It looks like NASA will offer billionaire entrepreneur and physicist Yuri Milner help on the first private deep-space…
No, 'Oumuamua Is Probably Not an Alien Spaceship
On October 19, 2017, a strange object from outside the Solar System whizzed by the Earth, exciting scientists and…
Interstellar Objects, Google Walkout, and the Impossible Laptop: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Between an Apple event, the midterms, and a global technology worker walkout—in addition to everything else happening…
Telescope Drama Could Thwart the Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life
For nearly 20 years, NASA has been planning and constructing a telescope unlike any ever built before: the James Webb…
'Telescope Did Not See Aliens,' Director of Mysteriously Shut Down Observatory Claims
It has been a week since the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, was shut down, evacuated, and visited…
This Is How It Starts: FBI Suspiciously Locks Down, Evacuates Solar Observatory in New Mexico
This is how it happens when extraterrestrials make contact with Earth.
AC Lung, Space Stairs, 3D Guns and the Quietest Place on Earth: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
August 2018 rolled in with a bang, literally, as explosions rocked Caracas, Venezuela on Saturday during a speech by…
Top Scientists Explain to Senators Why We Must Look for Aliens
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding a series of hearings leading up to another…
This Solar System Catalog Could Be Key to Finding an Earth-Like Exoplanet
By searching for the telltale, periodic dimming of light from distant stars, astronomers can spot orbiting exoplanets…
Moon Could Have Been Habitable Once, Scientists Speculate
The Moon today is not habitable. It’s covered in potentially killer dust and seemingly dry as a bone. But though it…
New Images Show Saturn's Moon Titan in Incredible Detail
Our limited human eyesight can really constrain our understanding of the universe. We can see only a thin swath of…
A New NASA-Led Project Means the Search for Aliens Is Heating Up
To date, scientists have catalogued more than 3,500 exoplanets, some of which may even be capable of fostering life.…
Gorgeous Photo of Martian Landscape Is Just the Beginning for ExoMars Mission
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has released the first images from its new orbit, taken on April 15 from 400 kilometers…
If You Find Aliens, Who Do You Call?
Let’s say your house is on fire, or overrun by a gang of psychotic raccoons. You don’t hesitate—you take out your…
New Scale Pinpoints Most Life-Friendly Alien Planets
Researchers at the University of Washington’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory have devised a new habitability index for…
Can We Ensure That Our First Encounter With Alien Life Is Ethical?
In April, NASA Chief scientist Ellen Stofan predicted we would “have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” II: Questioning the Hart-Tipler Conjecture
It’s become a legend of the space age. The brilliant physicist Enrico Fermi, during a lunchtime conversation at Los…
A New Type of Dyson Sphere May Be Nearly Impossible to Detect
Over fifty years ago, physicist Freeman Dyson proposed an awesome, if slightly insane, idea: That an advanced alien…