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Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

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

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Do not shout ‘alien!’” Amid surge of public interest in UFOs or UAP, one group updated its rules for how news of extraterrestrials should be revealed.

The Xenomorph is obviously the star of the show in 20th Century's Alien franchise, but after playing the prologue of Alien: Isolation 2 at Summer Game Fest, I found myself unexpectedly excited not by ...