The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

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The offer triples the normal $1,000 monetary incentive offered by President Donald Trump's administration to illegal aliens who sign up. "Illegal aliens who sign up to self-deport through the CBP Home ...

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series of polls that show belief in alien visitation has been steadily on the rise since 2012. Moreover, ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

A federal judge on Monday said the U.S. government denied due process to the Venezuelan men it deported to a prison in El Salvador in March after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. The ...

I admit it. I was utterly swept up by the 3I/Atlas mania earlier this fall. Discovered over the summer, 3I/Atlas is a rare interstellar comet. It’s only the third that humans have ever detected coming ...

Victor Wembanyama didn't just come up with the idea for the Spurs' new European-style fan section. He's made it a source of ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

Cameron revealed what this choice was in a discussion with Michael Biehn on his Just Fooling About podcast, and it started when Biehn, who played Corporal Hicks in the film, asked Cameron if he was ...