Why are scientists taking unidentified aerial phenomena seriously? Because every answer matters for science, national security, and the people whose lives are changed by these experiences.

Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got ...

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

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Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

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

If the truth is out there, the White House has a new scientific advisory group working on finding it. Called the UAP Science Advisory Council, the group’s members aim to advise the highest echelons of ...

From microscopic organisms living on frozen worlds to bizarre creatures drifting through alien skies, this journey explores how life might evolve far beyond Earth. Yellowstone officials decide fate of ...

NASA wants to send an ambitious fleet of helicopters to soar through Martian skies—but scientists fear the endeavor could crater existing Red Planet research missions.

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

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