Extraterrestrial life news, features and articles
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Is the sun a node in a gigantic alien space internet? Scientists scanned the skies to check.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.
By Adam Mann Published
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Alien life could be turning harsh planets into paradises — and astronomers want to find themEarly life made an inhospitable Earth more habitable, and aliens could be doing the same thing on their worlds, new research proposes.
By Paul Sutter Published
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Pentagon is struggling to explain more than 170 fresh UFO reports, new document revealsNearly half of all new UFO cases opened in 2022 cannot be explained, Pentagon officials wrote.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Why hasn't ET phoned Earth? Maybe aliens are waiting for the exact right moment.A new search for alien signals focuses on planetary transits, when exoplanets pass right in front of their suns.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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7 out-of-this-world alien stories from 2022Metallic spheres zooming past military jets, mysterious signals inside the world's largest telescope, and theories on why we have yet to make contact.
By Ben Turner Published
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One of the world's largest lasers could be used to detect alien warp drivesThe detector would search for ripples in the fabric of space-time left in the spacecraft's wake.
By Ben Turner Published
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US military reports 'several hundred' UFO sightings in 2022, Pentagon officials claimUFO reports from U.S. military personnel are flooding the government's new All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Aliens haven't contacted Earth because there's no sign of intelligence here, new answer to the Fermi paradox suggestsA new paper claims that intelligent aliens would only be interested in contacting the most technologically advanced planets, and Earth doesn't make the cut.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Search for alien life just got 1,000 times bigger after new telescope joins the huntAstronomers searching for radio signals that could be signs of extraterrestrial life have just gained access to South Africa's MeerKAT telescope.
By Harry Baker Published
