Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

Is the truth about aliens out there? One town wants to find out. A community in Kentucky has come up with an unusual approach to promoting tourism – the world's first interstellar tourism campaign.

The city hopes any potential aliens in the TRAPPIST-1 system will learn bourbon, horses, and bluegrass are worth the 40 light-year journey, although the message might not survive the trip. By Andrew ...