Bring up aliens and a lot of people will scoff. But not everyone is laughing. Around the turn of the century, 3.8 million people banded together in a real-time search for aliens — with screensavers.

One obstacle to figuring out why, exactly, parts of the American government have developed a strange fascination with “unidentified aerial phenomena” and “nonhuman intelligence” — in lay terms, ...

President Donald Trump has been accused of calling for the release of government files associated with aliens to distract the American public from the scandal arising from the release of files ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will direct the Pentagon and other federal agencies to release government records related to extraterrestrial life and UFOs. “Based on the tremendous ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump says he’s directing the ...

In a brief post on Truth Social, Trump said he’ll direct the Pentagon and other departments to begin the process of “identifying and releasing” government files related to these topics. “Based on the ...

The planet K2-18b, which drew intense speculation last year due to apparent signs of life, shows no signs of advanced civilisation after a comprehensive search for radio signals from it. In 2025, ...

In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of ...

On Thursday U.S. president Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social that he would direct the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to “begin the process of ...

WASHINGTON—President Trump is stepping into alien territory. Based on “tremendous interest shown,” Trump said in a social-media post Thursday night, he will direct the defense secretary and relevant ...

President Donald Trump said he is directing federal agencies to release government documents that discuss extraterrestrial life and unexplained aerial phenomenon. “Based on the tremendous interest ...

By Maria Briceño February 20, 2026 President Donald Trump said Thursday he will direct multiple U.S. government agencies to declassify files related to aliens and UFOs. The move came five days after ...