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Oct 26, 2021

Sorry folks: 'Alien' signal from Proxima Centauri was likely just a broken computer on Earth

A strange radio signal once thought to be a possible sign of alien intelligence in a nearby star system was likely created by a broken piece of human technology, according to new research. On April 29, 2019, astronomers detected a signal beaming toward Earth, it seemed, from Proxima Centauri —...

Nov 1, 2021

Why extraterrestrial intelligence is more likely to be artificial than biological

Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? It’s a question that has been debated for centuries, if not millennia. But it is only recently that we’ve had an actual chance of finding out, with initiatives such as (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) using radio telescopes to actively listen for radio...

Nov 13, 2021

'Doughnut UFO' over Switzerland defies explanation

On the night of Monday, Nov. 8, a photographer in Zurich, Switzerland, who goes by the Twitter handle @Eavix1Eavix aimed his camera at the sky and snapped several pictures of what he aptly described as a doughnut UFO. Composed of several bright-blue concentric rings, the flying object looked as much...

Nov 27, 2021

How would we give aliens directions to Earth?

The universe is inconceivably large and mind-bogglingly old. Given all that time and space, it seems probable that somewhere, sometime, another spark of intelligence flared into existence. But if there are intelligent beings somewhere out there, how on Earth could we connect with them and, assuming we'd like to be...

Nov 30, 2021

This doomed alien planet has a year that lasts just 16 hours — and it's getting faster

Astronomers have broken yet another record, spotting a new gas giant with the shortest known orbit. The world takes just 16 hours to circle its star — but someday, the dance may come to an abrupt end. The newly announced exoplanet belongs to a category scientists refer to as hot...

Dec 28, 2021

9 things we learned about aliens in 2021

A doughnut UFO in the skies over Switzerland. Strange green lights vanishing into the clouds above Canada. A saucer-shaped blob plunging suddenly into the ocean. The year 2021 gave truth-seekers and alien hunters no shortage of mysteries to ponder. But it also gave them answers — from a hotly anticipated...

Jan 11, 2022

Pentagon launches new UFO office. Not all believers are happy about it.

A new office in the Pentagon will investigate sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) — but longtime UFO enthusiasts are skeptical. According to NBC, putting the new Unidentified Aerial Phenomena program in the purview of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security has some UFOlogists...

Jan 18, 2022

Scorching alien planet takes seasons to an extreme

Scientists got a close look at an extreme case of seasons thanks to a retired NASA telescope. Researchers used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to film a year on an exoplanet called XO-3b. Conveniently, a year on this world lasts only three Earth days. Within that time, the exoplanet experiences a...

Jan 27, 2022

2022 could be a turning point in the study of UFOs

In 2021, there was an upsurge in peculiar sightings reported, thanks to people with smartphones or other video gear that captured these strange glimmers in the sky. Could these unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) be satellites, technology deployed by foreign governments, falling space junk or maybe even floating specialty balloons or...

Feb 25, 2022

4th search for aliens near Milky Way's center comes up empty

A sweeping search for extraterrestrial technology in the middle of the Milky Way has turned up dry. The search, the fourth in a series looking for low-frequency radio waves that might be produced by alien civilizations, found no evidence of ET. But improvements in telescope technology mean that the strategy...

Mar 23, 2022

Odd circular shape beneath the ocean in Google Earth images is probably not aliens

A circular shape on the seafloor visible on Google Earth is raising cries of UFO, but chances are … it's not aliens. The sighting comes courtesy Scott Waring, proprietor of UFOsightingsdaily.com and frequent discoverer of objects that he dubs 100% proof of ancient aliens. (He's also an avid peruser of...

Apr 5, 2022

UFOs left 'radiation burns' and 'unaccounted for pregnancies,' new Pentagon report claims

Encounters with UFOs have reportedly left Americans suffering from radiation burns, brain and nervous system damage, and even unaccounted for pregnancy, according to a massive database of U.S. government reports recently made public through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The database of documents includes more than 1,500 pages...

Apr 6, 2022

Is it time to send another message to intelligent aliens? Some scientists think so.

Scientists have crafted a new message for any intelligent extraterrestrials who might be out there. And they want feedback on whether they should send it. The technology needed to send the message is not yet ready. And if and when the note is transmitted, it would take thousands of years...

May 11, 2022

Why have aliens never visited Earth? Scientists have a disturbing answer

Why has humanity never been visited by aliens (that we know of)? The question has confounded scientists for decades, but two researchers have come up with a possible — and disturbing — explanation: Advanced civilizations could be doomed to either stagnate or die before they get the chance. The new...

May 16, 2022

Watch live: Pentagon UFO sightings will finally be publicly aired at today's Congressional hearing

The U.S. Congress is set to hold its first public hearing on UFOs since the 1960s on Tuesday (May 17), drawing on defense intelligence testimony to establish what could be causing the phenomena. The hearing — which will question two Pentagon experts on what they know about UFO sightings —...