Extraterrestrial Life

How 2026's boldest sci-fi epic pulls off a big storytelling trick Inverse22:51
Chilling theory about what NASA found on the moon 57 years ago as Artemis II mission faces new… MailOnline05:43
Scientists 'solve' Bermuda Triangle mystery as 'forces' found underneath ocean surface The Mirror08:53
Dozens of bizarre ancient lifeforms discovered in ‘Extraordinary’ fossil find 404 Media16:47
Trump green lights UFO disclosure of secret bases hiding crashed ships and non-human bodies, US … MailOnline03:09
SpaceX, xAI merger signals Big Tech’s evolution Semafor18:15
Study warns thousands of ‘alien species' could invade Arctic The Kansas City Star16:04

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Top astrophysicist Duncan Lorimer says ‘universe is expanding’, lauds role of 2 Indians in… The Times of India20:39 10-Feb-26

Yesterday

If Scientists Ever Find Strong Evidence of Alien Life, Communicating It Will Pose Serious Issues Futurism19:03 10-Feb-26

The Dark Pictures: Directive 8020 Finally Secures Its Release Date GameRant18:25 10-Feb-26

Salomon Looks to the Future With AI Worldbuilding Muse by Clio14:38 10-Feb-26

Team USA figure skating costumes: 2026 Olympic designs and drama ESPN.com14:31 10-Feb-26

Thousands of Alien Plant Species Could Soon Take Root in the Arctic The Debrief13:14 10-Feb-26

2010: The Year We Make Contact Review Part 1 Mind Matters08:56 10-Feb-26

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How 2026's Boldest Sci-Fi Epic Pulls Off A Big Storytelling Trick Inverse22:51 9-Feb-26

War of the Worlds review – HG Wells recast as a fever dream of fear and xenophobia Yahoo! UK & Ireland20:21 9-Feb-26

'Not what America stands for': Anthropic president says she's horrified over what happened in… The Times of India19:26 9-Feb-26

Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the… Space.com16:07 9-Feb-26

Study warns thousands of ‘alien species' could invade Arctic The Kansas City Star16:04 9-Feb-26

Is this why we haven't found aliens yet? Scientists claim looking for planets with water is… MailOnline15:48 9-Feb-26

'Puerto Rico is in America': Maga snubbed as they despise Bad Bunny; Kash Patel's girlfriend… The Times of India13:39 9-Feb-26

Rocky! 'Project Hail Mary' Finally Reveals Its Big Alien Twist Inverse00:58 9-Feb-26

The final trailer for Project Hail Mary is here and it's an emotional ride Engadget21:39 8-Feb-26

Isro study shows safe patch near Moon’s Mons Mouton for Chandrayaan-4 landing The Times of India21:30 8-Feb-26

Film Review: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie Voice Magazine16:19 8-Feb-26

60s sci-fi icon who starred on Lost In Space and now works on Ancient Aliens seen out in LA...… MailOnline15:26 8-Feb-26

Scientists reveal the alien logic of AI: hyper-rational but stumped by simple concepts PsyPost22:02 7-Feb-26

Leicester Team News and Predicted Lineup vs Birmingham City Last Word On Sports09:35 7-Feb-26

Trump’s Super Bowl culture war The New World00:07 7-Feb-26

Scientists Found the Coldest Seawater in History from when Snowball Earth Reached Freezing Temperatures of Minus 15°… ZME Science14:40 6-Feb-26

Californian arcade to double size with relocation InterGame Online09:12 6-Feb-26

The Military’s AI Strategy Threatens Everything We Love CounterPunch06:54 6-Feb-26

Trump green lights UFO disclosure of secret bases hiding crashed ships and non-human bodies, US … MailOnline03:09 6-Feb-26

Criminal Illegal Alien Who Attempted to Illegally Purchase a Gun Indicted for Assaulting an ICE Officer in Pittsburgh U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Press Release)01:05 6-Feb-26

“Jane! Stop this Crazy Thing!” Artificial Intelligence Antitrust Questions Get Extraterrestrial. JD Supra20:54 5-Feb-26

Simulation of Enceladus’ ocean shows strong potential for life EarthSky12:41 5-Feb-26

Poll body takes dim view of ‘world-changing’ party Bangkok Post04:41 5-Feb-26

Party rapped for 'impossible' policies Bangkok Post04:14 5-Feb-26

SpaceX, xAI merger signals Big Tech’s evolution Semafor18:15 4-Feb-26

Gun-wielding ICE agents brush back Minneapolis agitators Fox News16:36 4-Feb-26

Urban expansion in the age of liberalism Works in Progress14:47 4-Feb-26

We Have No Idea If It’s Safe To Have Babies In Space IFLScience14:37 4-Feb-26

9 m³ of Survival: Inside the Orion Spacecraft and the Architecture of Space Travel ArchDaily10:03 4-Feb-26

Chilling theory about what NASA found on the moon 57 years ago as Artemis II mission faces new… MailOnline05:43 4-Feb-26

Abiotic Sugar Enantiomers In The CI Carbonaceous Chondrite Orgueil Astrobiology Web01:49 4-Feb-26

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NASA Perseverance Rover Completes Historic Mars Drive Using Routes Planned by AI ZME Science15:11 3-Feb-26

Scientists 'solve' Bermuda Triangle mystery as 'forces' found underneath ocean surface The Mirror08:53 3-Feb-26

Cuban National Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)18:47 2-Feb-26

Belarusian Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Gun Possession, Wire Fraud U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)18:47 2-Feb-26

Time to Suit Up With Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Quarantine Zone on Game Pass CNET18:06 2-Feb-26

Celebrities, Olympians speak out against ICE, raising questions for sponsors PR Daily15:18 2-Feb-26

Illegal Aliens Sentenced for Laundering Over a Million Dollars in Drug Proceeds Drug Enforcement Administration (Press Release)14:14 2-Feb-26

Raelian Movement and International Coalition Submit Historic Proposal to President Trump's… PR Newswire (Press Release)13:46 2-Feb-26

Canada Is Building a Surveillance Network in Space The Walrus11:30 2-Feb-26

Bad Bunny Repeats “ICE Out” Message At Grammys As Parallel Super Bowl Halftime Show Takes Shape The Dallas Express04:06 2-Feb-26

For the first time, scientists detect molecule critical to life in interstellar space Knowridge Science Report00:48 2-Feb-26

The De Tomaso P900's V-12 Is Bizarre and Powerful Car and Driver21:14 1-Feb-26

Elon Musk wants to launch million satellites into orbit to 'become alien society' Daily Star18:42 1-Feb-26

NASA reveals: These sci-fi movies are shockingly close to real science TalkAndroid17:08 1-Feb-26

Illegal Alien Who Shot Rifle on Crowded Dallas Bridge on Jan. 1 Federally Charged with Unlawful Firearm Possession U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)23:52 31-Jan-26

NASA Says Europa Is Covered by a Thick Icy Shell Futurism20:42 31-Jan-26

Sunetra Pawar: Baramati's 'vahini' to Maharashtra's 1st woman Deputy CM India Today11:57 31-Jan-26

5 Years Later, DC Is Finally Rebooting An Underrated Space Alien Hero Inverse02:40 31-Jan-26

Dozens of Bizarre Ancient Lifeforms Discovered in ‘Extraordinary’ Fossil Find 404 Media16:47 30-Jan-26

Shubhanshu Shukla, IISc-Iiser team, find how brick-building bacteria react to toxin in Martian… The Times of India10:05 30-Jan-26

Massive project to analyze space signals to end; hunt for 'ET' goes on UPI10:04 30-Jan-26

A ramshackle house in east London transformed into an elegant family home House and Garden08:07 30-Jan-26

US indicts Indian citizen for human smuggling across Canada border The Telegraph, Calcutta06:50 30-Jan-26

Indian national indicted for human smuggling; accused of moving people across Canada–US border The Times of India04:16 30-Jan-26

Indian National Indicted for Smuggling Illegal Aliens Across Canadian Border into United States U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)23:23 29-Jan-26

De Tomaso's Bonkers V12 Exhaust Thinks Your Borla Is Cute CarBuzz21:48 29-Jan-26

The Future of Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG) NASA Watch16:11 29-Jan-26

Jupiter's moon Europa has an ice shell about 18 miles thick — and that could be bad news for… Space.com16:08 29-Jan-26

Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life Space.com13:05 29-Jan-26

Is this where aliens are hiding? NASA discovers an exoplanet 146 light-years away that's… MailOnline12:37 29-Jan-26

Alabama immigration bill expanding local police powers wins approval in House committee Al.com00:02 29-Jan-26

A cornucopia of distant worlds Carnegie Institution for Science23:46 28-Jan-26

Illegal Aliens Charged With Meth Trafficking and Firearm Possession Drug Enforcement Administration (Press Release)18:38 28-Jan-26

Young innovators shine with cutting-edge tech at digital expo The Daily Star, Bangladesh18:15 28-Jan-26

Need a Spine-Chilling Sci-Fi Horror Flick? Try This Cult Classic Streaming Free on Tubi CNET17:25 28-Jan-26

Amid Backlash, Massive Porn Platform ManyVids Doubles Down on Bizarre, AI-Generated Posts 404 Media14:37 28-Jan-26

There's a reason ICE goes to blue states Jamestown Sun13:15 28-Jan-26

Ziggy the space alien helps Glasgow kids stay safe on the roads Glasgow Evening Times12:35 28-Jan-26

Scientists discover the largest sulfur molecule ever found in space Knowridge Science Report11:25 28-Jan-26

Thailand’s first UFO festival beaming down to Nakhon Nayok Bangkok Post08:42 28-Jan-26

Jamaal Lee Brings Galactic Adventure to Life with “Yates: Volume One” WebWire00:06 28-Jan-26

Pluribus and the Alien Trojan Horse: Is SETI Dangerous? Supercluster22:03 27-Jan-26

Voyager Technologies (VOYG) Is Down 6.0% After Expanded NASA Pact And ISS Drug Research Deal Simply Wall St16:57 27-Jan-26

This Apple TV+ sci-fi takes science seriously, and it’s better for it MakeUseOf16:52 27-Jan-26

What It’s Like to Touch the Bottom of the World The Marginalian15:07 27-Jan-26

NASA Debunked The Conspiracy Theory That Earth Will Lose Gravity In August BGR15:05 27-Jan-26

5 Years Ago, The Best Sci-Fi Show You Never Heard Of Marked The End Of An Era Inverse12:44 27-Jan-26

LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi Fall Winter 26/27 Collection Fashion Week Online09:56 27-Jan-26

New Insights Into The Origins Of The Chemistry Of Life Astrobiology Web17:32 26-Jan-26

What Would Earth Look Like if We Weren’t Here? Abandoned Photographer Shows Us PetaPixel16:25 26-Jan-26

Scientists Have Discovered a Fascinating New Way Jupiter’s Moon Europa Could Support Life The Debrief13:37 26-Jan-26

Global Study Finds Invasive Species Are Helping Drive Sharp Insect Losses The Debrief13:16 26-Jan-26

Musk at WEF: Solar space-based AI data centers possible in two to three years PV Magazine11:40 26-Jan-26

The pyramids were built by alien ‘astronauts’ and 'I have proof', claims archaeology expert Daily Star11:15 26-Jan-26

Easter Island and the Allure of “Lost Civilizations” The New Yorker11:08 26-Jan-26

Elon Musk: “I am an alien” #Davos Chris Skinner's Blog05:38 26-Jan-26

Father of alien archaeology says the pyramids were not built by human hands... and claims he… MailOnline22:11 25-Jan-26

Spalletti: Juventus need a new striker, but Yildiz ‘is an alien’ Football Italia20:22 25-Jan-26

'Alien spaceship' 3I/Atlas could be 'space taxi' using 'jets' to travel across solar system Daily Star08:23 25-Jan-26

Subnautica: Below Zero's icy terror is undermined by one annoying flaw Polygon19:04 24-Jan-26

Book Review: The Pale Blue Data Point – An Earth-Based Perspective on the Search for Alien Life Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)16:17 24-Jan-26

Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication? Space.com14:01 24-Jan-26

LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi Men’s Fall 2026: Space Fright Women's Wear Daily09:05 24-Jan-26

Watch: ‘Dorito-shaped’ aircraft spotted over Area 51 sends the internet into a frenzy The Times of India17:16 23-Jan-26

More planets could be homes for aliens than we thought, scientists say The Independent16:20 23-Jan-26

Archaeologists Just Found The Oldest Human-Made Art Ever. Here’s What We Know. Vice (US)15:05 23-Jan-26

"Will Stop Salary": High Court Warns Navi Mumbai Civic Body Chief Over AQI NDTV.com13:28 23-Jan-26

Do Sounds Really Help Us To Sleep? Inverse12:28 23-Jan-26

Sinking ice on Jupiter's moon Europa may be slowly feeding its ocean the ingredients for life Space.com11:02 23-Jan-26

Scientists have named orange dwarfs as ideal candidates for the search for alien life UNN.ua02:32 23-Jan-26

First Look: Masters of the Universe Trailer Goes All In on He-Man Nostalgia Man of Many01:18 23-Jan-26

The 'overwheming' evidence aliens mated with humans, the proof in the Bible and the… MailOnline01:12 23-Jan-26

4 Black Eggs Surfaced From the Deep Ocean Popular Mechanics18:23 22-Jan-26

Elon Musk promises solar-powered satellites ... and casts doubt on aliens The National17:17 22-Jan-26

Aliens and Angel Numbers: Creators Worry Porn Platform ManyVids Is Falling Into ‘AI Psychosis’ 404 Media16:27 22-Jan-26

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Latest news on extraterrestrial life, UFOs, SETI and astrobiology: Stay updated on alien search missions, exoplanet discoveries, and NASA's hunt for life beyond Earth.

The search for extraterrestrial life represents one of humanity's most profound scientific endeavours, combining cutting-edge astronomy, astrobiology, and space exploration. With over 5,000 confirmed exoplanets and sophisticated detection methods like the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are better equipped than ever to identify potential biosignatures and habitable worlds.

Recent developments have focused on promising locations within our solar system, including Mars's subsurface environment, Venus's upper atmosphere, and the ocean worlds of Europa and Enceladus. The SETI Institute continues its radio astronomy search while new methods examine technosignatures - potential indicators of advanced civilisations. NASA's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan, scheduled for launch in 2027, represents another significant step in our quest to understand potential life beyond Earth.

Public interest in extraterrestrial life has surged following various scientific breakthroughs and government disclosures about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). Citizen science projects like SETI@home have engaged millions of volunteers worldwide, while research institutions collaborate internationally to analyse potential biosignatures and atmospheric compositions of distant worlds. The field has sparked countless discussions about humanity's place in the cosmos and the implications of potential contact with alien civilisations.

The modern search for extraterrestrial life builds upon centuries of scientific and philosophical inquiry. From Giordano Bruno's 16th-century assertions about infinite worlds to the Drake Equation's 1961 framework for estimating alien civilisations, humanity has long sought to understand our cosmic context. The discovery of extremophiles on Earth in the 1970s dramatically expanded our understanding of life's potential habitats, while the first confirmed exoplanet in 1992 opened new frontiers in the search for habitable worlds.

Our NewsNow feed aggregates the latest developments in extraterrestrial life research from leading scientific institutions, space agencies, and research centres worldwide. From breakthrough exoplanet discoveries to updates on astrobiology missions, our comprehensive coverage keeps you informed about humanity's greatest quest: discovering whether we are alone in the universe.

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