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NASA's UFO study team to announce results Sept. 14. Here's how to watch live.

By Brett Tingley published

NASA's independent UAP study team will present its initial findings during a briefing on Thursday (Sept. 14). Here's how to watch it live.

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Pentagon UFO office unveils official website for US government personnel to report sightings

By Brett Tingley published

The Pentagon's official office for addressing UFOs has a new website where U.S. government and military personnel can report their own sightings.

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Members of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, the European Space Agency, the Australian Space Agency, and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization are in Western Australia's Pilbara region to investigate "stromatolites," the oldest confirmed fossilized lifeforms on Earth. They discuss the importance of geological context when choosing sampling sites and ensuring the integrity of a sample's biological origin while considering plans for future missions to bring Mars samples to Earth.

Clues to spotting life on Mars are right here on Earth

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Search for life on Mars could be aided by investigating ancient fossils here on Earth.

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'I get the UFO question?' New Jersey's Chris Christie promises honesty on aliens in 1st Republican presidential debate

By Jeff Spry published

Chris Christie was asked about UFOs during the 1st Republican Presidential Primary Debate held on Aug. 23, 2023.

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Fermi Paradox: Where are the aliens?

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Reference The Fermi Paradox seeks to answer the question of where the aliens are. After all, the universe is incredibly old, big and filled with potentially habitable planets.

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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history

By David Delgado Shorter, Kim TallBear, William Lembert published

How humanity responds to the first contact with intelligent alien life could determine the very fate of our species. Here's what we can learn from history.

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The powerful winds of super magnetic stars could destroy the possibility for life on their exoplanets

By Robert Lea published

Cool stars with powerful magnetic fields could have remarkably fast stellar winds that strip away their planets' atmospheres, making even "habitable zone" worlds less friendly to life.

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Watch William Shatner call the U.S. government's UFO hearings 'ridiculous' (video)

By Jeff Spry published

William Shatner speaks his mind about the government's recent UFO hearings on Capitol Hill in a recent interview, calling them "ridiculous."

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China keeps its eye on NASA's budget uncertainty

By Andrew Jones published

China is paying close attention to what NASA will and will not be able to afford in the coming years, as the space agency's budget gets chopped up by U.S. lawmakers.

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What is the difference between science and pseudoscience?

By Paul Sutter published

Pseudoscience is a practice that, from the outside, looks like science, but upon closer inspection, is revealed to be nothing but. And what makes a practice look like science?

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