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Alien mothership lurking in our solar system could be watching us with tiny probes, Pentagon official suggests
By Hannah Osborne published
A draft paper by a Harvard scientist and the head of the Pentagon’s UFO office has raised the idea an alien mothership could be in the solar system, sending out tiny probes dubbed "dandelion seeds" to explore the planets within.
'Unstable' moons may be obliterating alien life across the universe
By Briley Lewis published
Simulations show that collisions between moons and planets may be a regular danger for possible extraterrestrial life.
Why are we seeing so many UFOs over America all of a sudden?
By Brandon Specktor published
The U.S. military shot down three unidentified objects in a single weekend. Why are America's skies so filled with UFOs all of a sudden?
US shoots down UFOs over Lake Huron and Canada
By Tia Ghose last updated
The U.S. shot down a UFO over Lake Huron on Sunday, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the U.S. shot down an unidentified flying object over the Yukon, Canada at his request.
8 possible alien 'technosignatures' detected around distant stars in new AI study
By Stephanie Pappas published
Eight signals from far-off stars probably aren't aliens, but the machine learning method that found them holds promise in the search for real extraterrestrials.
Is the sun a node in a gigantic alien space internet? Scientists scanned the skies to check.
By Adam Mann published
Through a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, aliens could be transmitting signals using the sun, but a quick scan for such signals has turned up nothing.
Alien life could be turning harsh planets into paradises — and astronomers want to find them
By Paul Sutter published
Early life made an inhospitable Earth more habitable, and aliens could be doing the same thing on their worlds, new research proposes.
Pentagon is struggling to explain more than 170 fresh UFO reports, new document reveals
By Brandon Specktor published
Nearly half of all new UFO cases opened in 2022 cannot be explained, Pentagon officials wrote.
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