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 ...

Billed as the “world’s first museum of AI arts,” Dataland uses wearables and troves of material from the Amazon to merge ...

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Since the 1960s, scientists working with SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) have been monitoring the universe ...

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A Titan human mission is no longer just a wild idea from science fiction. Scientists are now starting to discuss it as a serious long-term goal after the Moon and Mars. That does not mean a crew is ...

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other solar systems, even if that was not their original intention. Five robotic ...

NASA's New Horizons probe has woken up in good health nearly 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto after spending nearly a year ...