A polarizing Harvard astronomer has been appointed to lead a White House panel studying UFOs. Avi Loeb is leading a new ...

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Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...

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

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

"This is a detective story that can be resolved with better data," Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb told Newsweek.

For decades, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has been the domain of science fiction writers and late-night ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new paper.

A galaxy roughly 12.5 billion light-years from Earth is pumping out energy equivalent to hundreds of trillions of suns, a ...

No bombshells so far in the latest Pentagon batch of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena files. But they show the CIA hid its involvement.

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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 ...