White House UFO council will be led by Harvard professor known for controversial alien theories

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...
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Astronomers discover a potentially habitable planet just 25 light-years away. 'This one is exciting'

The planet, designated GJ 3378b, orbits the faint red dwarf star in the constellation of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe.

TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data

For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting ...