Sohrab Rahvar and Shahin Rouhani’s recent paper, “Constraining the Lifespan of Intelligent Technological Civilization in the Galaxy,” lays it out bluntly: Advanced civilizations last roughly 5,000 ...

In the sleepy town of Cavell, Il. Halloween night turns from festive to frightening when a bizarre alien rodent crash-lands and begins terrorizing the locals. For Mac, Dean, Amanda, and Skyler, what ...

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Aura readers, quantum life coaches, and “starseeds” came together at the Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles: “There’s a consensus that ‘first contact’ is not far away” In a packed ballroom in Los ...

The X-Files had a long alien conspiracy theory mythology, but some of its best episodes were Monster of the Week.

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Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar ...

A team of astronomers found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it is an extraterrestrial spaceship. The comet was confirmed in July 2025 as the third known object to enter our solar ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

As anticipation builds for Steven Spielberg's upcoming UFO film, it's an opportune moment to revisit one of his most ambitious yet underappreciated sci-fi projects: the 2002 miniseries Taken. This ...