A cosmic visitor is stirring up an earthly debate. A Harvard University astrophysicist has suggested the incoming interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be an alien probe. But NASA and most astronomers ...

Could a comet’s tail pointing towards the Sun possibly indicate alien technology, or is it just a strange quirk of dust physics? While interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS speeds by our planet at a blistering ...

Researchers across biology, philosophy, and AI are split on what counts as a mind—and whether today’s systems qualify.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some ...

Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a ...

After reviewing almost 30 years of signals, University of California Berkeley researchers have identified 100 mysterious, ...

Did an alien spacecraft just fly by Earth? That’s the question a lot of people, including Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, are asking right now. A massive interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS which ...

An astrophotograph of the interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS highlights its green coma and a wandering blue-tinted ion tail. (Copyright Victor Sabet and Julien De ...

The Trump administration is fighting with Minnesota officials over Renee Good's killing after months of attacks from the ...

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