NASA will have to find a way to service its new alien-hunting space telescope

NASA's new alien-hunting telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), will be serviceable out in space (and it will ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences, Scientists Caution

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...
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The White House goes all in on aliens with new UAP Science Advisory Council

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

Pa. House committee met to talk about aliens from outer space. Here’s why

“Mr. Chair, the truth is out there.” That’s what Rep. Nate Davidson, D-Cumberland and Dauphin said during a Tuesday Pa. House ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

It's disturbingly easy to trick AI into seeing aliens, say researchers

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Books Set in Space, Ranked

Project Hail Mary, Solaris, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are all among the very best sci-fi books set in space.

Not Alien Spaceships: Origin of Mysterious Metal Spheres on the Beach Identified by Australian Space Agency

Metal spheres found on a Queensland beach are likely space debris, not extraterrestrial. The Australian Space Agency is working with international partners to confirm their origin.
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It became too easy to shout ‘aliens’, so SETI changed its rules

For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial ...
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Scientists once wanted to blow up nuclear bombs for aliens

Long before modern space exploration, scientists proposed astonishing ways to contact extraterrestrials—from giant burning ...
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They tested 20 molecules in the air of a planet 124 light years away and thought one was the smell of an alien ocean, until other teams reran the data and 87 percent of t…

That sharp, briny smell is not the salt, it is a gas made by life, breathed out by tiny ocean creatures too small to see. For ...
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NASA-backed coating for space shield roughly 250x thinner than a human hair could help detect alien life

The coating could be applied on future spacecraft designed to block light from distant stars hosting exoplanets.