Extraterrestrial life news, features and articles
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Scientists created AI that could detect alien life — and they're not entirely sure how it worksThe new machine-learning algorithm can distinguish between biological and nonbiological samples with 90% accuracy. Exactly how is a mystery.
By Ben Turner Published
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No aliens in NASA's debut UFO report — but big questions remainIn the agency's first public report on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), NASA experts admit "we don't know what these UAP are."
By Brett Tingley Published
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission almost bit the dust — then Queen guitarist Brian May stepped inThe OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will soon return to Earth. What's on board could reveal the extraterrestrial origins of life on Earth.
By Ben Turner Published
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US government is hiding evidence of 'non-human intelligence', UFO whistleblower tells CongressDuring a congressional hearing on Wednesday (July 26), military witnesses claimed that evidence of non-human technology is being hidden from the public.
By Brett Tingley Published
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First contact with aliens could easily end in genocide, scholars warnSETI has been searching for evidence of alien life – but could doing so end in disaster?
By David Delgado Shorter Published
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'Anomalous' metal spheres unlikely to be alien technology, despite Harvard scientist's claimA prominent extraterrestrial-hunting scientist thinks that more than 50 tiny, metal spheres pulled from the Pacific Ocean might be the work of intelligent aliens. Others are skeptical.
By Joanna Thompson Published
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Aliens might be using a nearby supernova to get our attention, new study suggestsSN 2023ixf is the closest supernova to Earth in more than a decade — and the perfect excuse for intelligent aliens to get our attention, new SETI research suggests.
By Briley Lewis Published
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Scientists discovered a crucial element for life gushing out of Saturn's icy ocean moonAstronomers have confirmed the presence of phosphates — a crucial ingredient for life — in a plume of icy water gushing out of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
By Briley Lewis Published
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Repeated signals from the center of the Milky Way could be aliens saying hello, new study claimsA new search for extraterrestrial life has scientists looking inward — toward the center of our galaxy.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
