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A breakdown of Exobiotica and its believable approach to alien evolution, anatomy and ecosystems.

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There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

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 ...

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

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The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

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Professor Carol Oliver suggests that time dilation, a cosmic phenomenon, may deter aliens from visiting Earth, as ...