The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Imagine being in bed, sound asleep, when your country's emergency alert system suddenly goes off on your phone. Scary stuff.

We're still in the definition phase of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), but it seems like every week a new research ...

Our search for technosignatures—clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth—takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, which attempts to estimate how many technological ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is a co-op shooter where you ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

When the Trump administration registered the domains Aliens.gov and Alien.gov in March, UFO conspiracy theorists wondered whether they might finally get answers they’d long awaited. But coming on the ...

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...

State and local offices across Washington are being directed to remove the word “alien” from state statutes and replace it with “noncitizen” under a new law aimed at modernizing legal language. The ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington is now the fourth state in the nation to remove use of the word 'alien' from its laws when referring to individuals who are not citizens of the United States. Governor Bob ...

Aliens have invaded the news again. Last month, two US presidents weighed in on the topic in rapid succession, managing to make a public that was already obsessed with extraterrestrials even more so.

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