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A 3D rendering of a Dyson sphere in a galaxy.
The aliens are all hanging out on Dyson spheres circling white dwarfs, physicist argues

By Paul Sutter Published

If aliens exist, they do exist, they might be hanging out on Dyson spheres circling the husks of sunlike stars called white dwarfs.

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A panorama stitched together from about 100 individual Curiosity images. The ‘door’ is circled, and is tiny and hard to see at this scale.
A 'doorway' on Mars? How we see things in space that aren't there.

By David Rothery Published

A geologist explains what the "doorway" on Mars really is and why it's so tempting to see recognizable shapes on other worlds.

Mars
A print-out of data with "Wow!" written in red
Famous 'alien' Wow! signal may have come from distant, sunlike star

By Adam Mann Published

An astronomer proposes that the sun-like star 2MASS 19281982-2640123 is the origin of the Wow! Signal

The Sun
An artist's image of an alien starship as viewed from a planet's surface.
Why have aliens never visited Earth? Scientists have a disturbing answer

By Ben Turner Published

Aliens could be forced to give up cosmic expansion to avoid catastrophe.

Earth
Scientists think there are 300 million habitable planets in the Milky Way, and some may be home to intelligent life
Sending out Earth's location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea. These scientists are doing it anyway.

By Chris Impey Published

For over 70 years, astronomers have been scanning for radio or optical signals from other civilizations in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, called SETI.

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The reported effects of UFO encounters include nightmares, perceptions of levitation, and "unaccounted for pregnancy."
UFOs left 'radiation burns' and 'unaccounted for pregnancies,' new Pentagon report claims

By Brandon Specktor Published

1,500 pages of UFO related research has been declassified by the US government following a FOIA request by The Sun

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The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
Is it time to send another message to intelligent aliens? Some scientists think so.

By Stephanie Pappas Published

Scientists have crafted a new message for intelligent extraterrestrials

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This circular structure seen in Google Earth images off the coast of Peru is raising cries of "UFO."
Odd circular shape beneath the ocean in Google Earth images is probably not aliens

By Stephanie Pappas Published

A circular shape on the seafloor visible on Google Earth is raising cries of "UFO," but chances are … it's not aliens.

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Gravity - most successful sci-fi movies at the Oscars
10 most successful sci-fi movies at the Oscars

By Jeff Spry Last updated

Fill your champagne flute and toast science fiction’s big winners that took home the gold at the Academy Awards!

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How does terraforming work in the Alien universe?
How does terraforming work in the Alien universe?

By Fran Ruiz, Scott Dutfield Published

Features Terraforming lies at the center of James Cameron’s Aliens, but how did they do it?

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