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![NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie while inside Mars' Gale crater on June 15, 2018, which was the 2,082nd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ubY9QH5fSdZMMco9rYuiP4-320-80.jpg)
'Alien burp' may have been detected by NASA's Curiosity rover
By Ben Turner published
Methane tends to only be made by biological life, so scientists are wondering if the source is from alien microbes.
![alien world artist illustration](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AJsmWzeZmv39KxXU4riz6V-320-80.jpg)
How to tell if extraterrestrial visitors are friend or foe
By Avi Loeb published
Aliens will most likely be robotic and guided by AI—so we'll need our own AI to figure them out.
![An image showing a UFO was allegedly captured on closed circuit television (CCTV) in the United Kingdom in 2008.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VX5rsSJ8UuVehzoPDSoABn-320-80.jpg)
Most Americans think intelligent aliens exist, and half think they have visited Earth
By Mindy Weisberger published
A new survey reveals that most Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life and do not feel threatened by the appearance of UFOs.
![A government employee photographed a UFO that hovered for 15 minutes near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico, on Dec.16, 1957.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9djqga9zFCiMF8QLu4saRK-320-80.jpg)
Long-anticipated 'UFO report' finally released. No, it's not aliens.
By Jeanna Bryner published
The Pentagon has released a highly anticipated "UFO report" that does not implicate aliens in 144 UFO sightings. Here's what the report shows.
![fish-eye lens photo of planet Earth from above with field of stars in the backgorund](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4zsH2Fo7ofgoa25ckFHTZ3-320-80.jpg)
Aliens in 1,700 star systems could have seen civilization emerge on Earth
By Nicoletta Lanese published
If aliens are out there, are any of them looking at us?
![U.S. Navy videos of alleged UFO sightings were previously available but had not been officially declassified.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DAzshcPKsd3HUAWXzDi4pf-320-80.jpg)
Skies alive with UFOs? Government report on mysterious sightings due soon
By Leonard David published
The U.S. government is set to release a UFO report soon, perhaps sometime this week. What will it say?
![On July 16, 1952, Coast Guard seaman Shell Alpert took this photo of four roughly elliptical blobs of light in formation through the window of his photographic laboratory near Salem, Massachusetts. The U.S. Air Force's UFO task force, Project Blue Book, investigated the image and deemed it "unexplained."](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RUBXuT76QiCwEaQR3sE7Uh-320-80.jpg)
'No evidence' UFOs are alien spacecraft, but they're not American, Pentagon says
By Mindy Weisberger published
In a new report, Pentagon officials claim they lack evidence that UFOs are from worlds other than Earth.
![A government employee photographed a UFO that hovered for 15 minutes near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico, on Dec.16, 1957.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9djqga9zFCiMF8QLu4saRK-320-80.jpg)
Pentagon's long-awaited UFO report to Congress due this month
By Mindy Weisberger published
U.S. lawmakers called for an official assessment of UFO sightings in December, and the six-month deadline is up.
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