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What's the best evidence we've found for alien life?
By Patrick Pester published
Don't expect an alien invasion anytime soon.
Alien life may evolve from radically different elements than human life did
By Charles Q. Choi published
Radioactive metals and even certain gases may be capable of the kinds of reactions needed to spur life, new research suggests.
Scientists created AI that could detect alien life — and they're not entirely sure how it works
By Ben Turner published
The new machine-learning algorithm can distinguish between biological and nonbiological samples with 90% accuracy. Exactly how is a mystery.
No aliens in NASA's debut UFO report — but big questions remain
By Brett Tingley published
In the agency's first public report on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), NASA experts admit "we don't know what these UAP are."
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission almost bit the dust — then Queen guitarist Brian May stepped in
By Ben Turner published
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will soon return to Earth. What's on board could reveal the extraterrestrial origins of life on Earth.
US government is hiding evidence of 'non-human intelligence', UFO whistleblower tells Congress
By Brett Tingley published
During a congressional hearing on Wednesday (July 26), military witnesses claimed that evidence of non-human technology is being hidden from the public.
First contact with aliens could easily end in genocide, scholars warn
By David Delgado Shorter published
SETI has been searching for evidence of alien life – but could doing so end in disaster?
'Anomalous' metal spheres unlikely to be alien technology, despite Harvard scientist's claim
By Joanna Thompson published
A 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.
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