aliens
We are effectively alone in the universe
It does not matter if intelligent life exists elsewhere. We will never find each other.
Aliens are a mirror to humanity
Aliens symbolize the best and worst of humanity. When we dream of aliens, we are pondering our future selves.
A big lesson from the ‘Oumuamua alienware controversy
Scientists should be cautious when expressing an opinion based on little more than speculation.
U.S. to disclose UFO findings from Pentagon task force
A new report from The New York Times describes a Pentagon task force's long-standing project to collect data on unidentified aerial phenomena and a Pentagon consultant who says the U.S. has collected crashed "off-world vehicles."
The biology of aliens: How much do we know?
Hollywood has created an idea of aliens that doesn't match the science.
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UFO sightings: Why Mount Shasta is the new Roswell
A volcano in California is a hot spot for conspiracy theorists.
2 new ways to find aliens, according to a Nobel Prize winner
Physicist Frank Wilczek proposes new methods of searching for extraterrestrial life.
U.S. Air Force warns UFO enthusiasts against storming Area 51
Jokesters and serious Area 51 raiders would be met with military force.
A century of alien landings, in two maps
First contact movies had their Golden Age in 1980s America – now they're going global.
Michio Kaku: Let’s not advertise our existence to aliens
The countdown continues! The 4th most popular video from 2018 involves humanity hiding behind a tree.
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Major ingredient for life on Earth formed in deep space, claims new study
Researchers discover extraterrestrial origins of a chemical essential for human DNA and other cell processes.
Michio Kaku: Let’s not advertise our existence to aliens
If aliens do exist, posits theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, why would they want anything to do with us?
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Gods, Aliens, and Atheists: Are We Alone in the Universe?
If you believe there is intelligent extraterrestrial life out there, have you ever stopped to wonder why?
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If the Pentagon Is Hiding Aliens from Us, the Zoo Hypothesis May Explain Why
An MIT astronomer famously explained why aliens haven't contacted us yet.
Oxford Scientists Make a More Accurate Prediction of What Aliens Look Like
Astrobiologists took a novel view and used evolutionary processes as their guide.
Hey Bill Nye! Would Humanity Make Peace with Aliens—or War?
Once we discover alien life out there, humanity will never be the same.
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Discoveries in the TRAPPIST-1 System Could “Change the Course of Human History”
Are we alone in the universe? NASA's exploration of TRAPPIST-1 has the potential to answer one of humanity's deepest questions.
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NASA Discovers 7 New Exoplanets That Could Sustain Life
TRAPPIST-1 is 40 light years from Earth. It would take us millions of years to get there.
Winston Churchill Believed We Weren’t Alone in the Universe, Newly Found Essay Reveals
Churchill displays a surprising amount of knowledge on a question that we are still wrestling with.
Astronomers Discover the Source of Mystery Radio Waves from Deep Space
Astronomers trace the origin of repeating radio bursts from deep space to a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light years away.
Astronomers Detect Strange Star Signals That Are “Probably” Aliens Making Contact
Two Canadian astronomers publish a paper with an extraordinary claim of possibly detecting alien signals.
A Spacecraft Launched 39 Years Ago Has Human Sounds Onboard — Now We Can Listen
Carl Sagan was one of the people who helped shape this recording that might just end up in the hands of some other beings, somewhere out there.
Top Video of 2016 #8: ‘Hey Bill Nye, Could the Government Be Hiding Extraterrestrials From Us?’
Peel off your tin-foil hat like a Hershey’s Kiss, because Bill Nye has a reality check for the alien conspiracy theorists out there.
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Why Don’t We Hear From Aliens? They May Encrypt All Their Data.
When Neil deGrasse Tyson recently sat down with infamous whistle blower Edward Snowden, the topic of alien encryption came into the mix.