A Bangladeshi man appeared in court in Laredo, Texas, on Monday, after being extradited from Brazil last week on charges he ...

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

The AI firm Anthropic has developed a technique that has given it the clearest glimpse yet at what’s really going on inside ...

In July 2025, astronomers spotted something remarkable passing through our Solar System, an object that had not come from anywhere nearby. Called 3I/ATLAS, it was travelling so fast and on such an ...

A study suggests that stellar plasma may distort alien signals, complicating SETI's search for extraterrestrial life by pushing signals below detection thresholds.

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 ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is calling on the government to just "show the alien," arguing that after years of whistleblower hearings and Pentagon file dumps, the American public is ready to ...

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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 ...

In July 2025, astronomers detected a mysterious object entering the solar system from interstellar space. Since then, the discovery has sparked widespread interest, fueling debate over its origins and ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Oliva recommended six books in which the presence of aliens prompts readers to think more ...

When I look at the night sky, I don’t wonder whether alien life is somewhere out there; I think it probably is. Considering the sheer number of stars in the cosmos, and the possibly larger number of ...