An international team of researchers pointed the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world at 3I/ATLAS.

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

With 3I/ATLAS streaking away from our planet, speculation remains as to whether the interstellar comet is alien or not.

The unusual behaviour of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has reignited online debate, but astronomers say the gaps in public ...

Harvard scientist Avi Loeb presents chilling theories that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is alien technology, citing anomalies ...

Explore Baba Vanga's horrifying 2026 predictions, from a Third World War and alien contact in November to the emergence of a ...

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A startling calculation has emerged from recent research: if an extraterrestrial intelligence were positioned to observe an alignment of Earth and Mars, there is a 77% chance they would be in the path ...

Across astronomy and astrobiology, a quiet but profound shift is underway. Instead of assuming the galaxy teems with ...

Steven Spielberg’s new UFO movie has reignited speculation within the alien conspiracy theory community, especially after cryptic billboards teasing the upcoming film popped up across the country this ...

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Amirali Aghazadeh receives funding from Georgia Tech. When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing.