Extraterrestrial Life

In the last 6 hours

Move over Mars – Aliens could be living on one of Saturn’s icy moons instead Metro.co.uk13:31

Extreme 'paradise' volcano in Costa Rica is like a piece of ancient Mars on our doorstep Live Science11:52

Earlier today

Harvard Astronomer Claims Interstellar Object Barreling Around Our Solar System Could Be Alien Technology The New York Sun08:58

New 'spacecraft' 3I/Atlas images show 'anti-tail' for the first time as Earth approach looms Daily Star08:39

Yesterday

Over the Weekend and During the Democrats’ Longest Government Shutdown in American History, ICE Arrests Worst of the… U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Press Release)22:51 10-Nov-25

James Webb Mapped the Chaotic Weather of a Planet Drifting Alone Through Space and It’s Even Wilder Than Jupiter ZME Science20:18 10-Nov-25

Anno 117: Pax Romana review – A polished city-builder that goes the extra mile PC Gamer17:02 10-Nov-25

3I/Atlas isn’t deep space aliens and didn’t ‘change color’ Popular Science16:43 10-Nov-25

Extraterrestrial Dust Trapped in Arctic Ice Challenges Our Understanding of Climate Change The Debrief16:01 10-Nov-25

'Alien ship will hide from humans' when it closes in on Earth before Christmas Daily Star11:46 10-Nov-25

Saturn’s icy moon may host a stable ocean fit for life, new study finds University of Oxford09:23 10-Nov-25

Dead Star's Last Meal Reveals What Alien Planets Are Really Made Of ScienceAlert01:13 10-Nov-25

In the last 7 days

3I/Atlas is million times bigger than known asteroids as expert explains why it's a 'spacecraft' Daily Star22:32 9-Nov-25

Community Matters: Welcome to the space jam Torbay Weekly18:03 9-Nov-25

Spurs' extraterrestrial Area 51 one-two punch is NBA's most dangerous duo Air Alamo (Weblog)17:10 9-Nov-25

Woman claims she has 'terrifying' proof she's an alien after her memories were 'wiped' Daily Star16:16 9-Nov-25

Nvidia Is Shooting One Of Its Most Powerful Chips Into Space Slashgear14:24 9-Nov-25

The Harvard scientist, Kim Kardashian and the comet that probably isn’t an alien spaceship Boston.com13:46 9-Nov-25

Our ‘alien’ visitor 3I/Atlas has been caught doing some really weird things Metro.co.uk13:39 9-Nov-25

Camera being designed to search for alien life BBC07:39 9-Nov-25

Astronomer Avi Loeb warns world not to ignore new comet’s potential alien threat The Times of Israel01:44 9-Nov-25

Extraterrestrial Life: The Discipline Without a Subject Mind Matters23:20 8-Nov-25

Mamdani, muse and Pakistan The Express Tribune20:23 8-Nov-25

“A Top Contender for Extraterrestrial Life”: Subsurface Ocean on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Likely Stable Enough to… The Debrief15:18 8-Nov-25

Thinking chimps and color-changing comets Live Science12:00 8-Nov-25

Why Saturn moon offers hope of finding alien life in Earth’s own back yard The Irish Independent05:35 8-Nov-25

Illegal Alien Domestic Abuser Sentenced for Murdering Girlfriend Arizona Daily Independent01:40 8-Nov-25

Kutch’s terrain aids space microbe research The Times of India23:29 7-Nov-25

Visit Our Solar System’s Tallest Mountains Nautilus23:20 7-Nov-25

Study shows evidence of habitable conditions on Saturn moon UPI21:28 7-Nov-25

3I/Atlas Update: Avi Loeb Warns 'We're Screwed' if Advanced Aliens Visit IBTimes (US)19:48 7-Nov-25

A moon in our solar system could be home to alien life, scientists say The Independent19:42 7-Nov-25

Saturn's moon could harbour alien life: Scientists spot heat coming from Enceladus - suggesting … MailOnline19:03 7-Nov-25

287(g) partnership between ICE and MA Department of Corrections keeps criminal alien convicted of drug trafficking and… ICE (Press Release)17:16 7-Nov-25

Are Alien Probes Hiding in Plain Sight in Our Solar System? VICE News14:08 7-Nov-25

15 bizarre creatures from the bottom of the ocean that look like aliens Business Insider13:51 7-Nov-25

It’s Part of the Game: Matt Tuttle on Closing ETFs and Looking to the Stars Power Corridor12:09 7-Nov-25

Indiana sues woke school district that allegedly tried to prevent illegal alien from self-deporting with his kid The Blaze22:33 6-Nov-25

In an Out of This World Observation, a Museum Curator Filmed the Moon Getting Struck by… Smithsonian Magazine21:15 6-Nov-25

Shams Charania Thinks the Spurs’ Success Hinges on Victor Wembanyama Boardroom20:52 6-Nov-25

Revolutionary AI System Achieves 600× Speed Breakthrough in Detection of Signals from Space Astrobiology Web18:28 6-Nov-25

Get the world's greatest sci-fi movies and TV at your fingertips and save money with this… Space.com18:03 6-Nov-25

Adorable Alien Coloring Pages: Fun Printable Coloring Pages of Aliens From Outer Space for Kids 30Seconds.com15:16 6-Nov-25

Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds WBEZ Chicago12:58 6-Nov-25

David Ellis reviews Motorino: Great chef, shame about the restaurant Evening Standard11:55 6-Nov-25

Alien spaceship? Latest 3I/Atlas image shows lack of tail; Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb… Mint06:22 6-Nov-25

Alien Probes Could Already Lurk in Our Solar System, Study Says ScienceAlert02:49 6-Nov-25

Predator: Badlands Changes Everything for the Franchise Esquire Philippines00:05 6-Nov-25

Mysterious swirls in Connecticut sky explained: European weather satellite launch creates viral spectacle WFSB.com, Connecticut20:52 5-Nov-25

‘It kind of looks like aliens’: What was the strange spiral above Toronto on Tuesday night? Toronto Star20:37 5-Nov-25

James Webb telescope makes first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere Live Science19:49 5-Nov-25

'Alien spaceship' is changing course and speeding up on way to Earth and no one knows why Daily Star17:35 5-Nov-25

The Simpsons has a long, weird love affair with video games Yahoo! UK & Ireland15:14 5-Nov-25

'Predator: Badlands' sticks its 2 stars together to take the franchise to new places MailOnline14:16 5-Nov-25

3I/ATLAS Returns: Astronomer Reveals First Look At Interstellar 'Alien Spacecraft' Nature World News13:42 5-Nov-25

Black hole letting out the 'light of a trillion suns' fuels alien rumours Daily Star13:12 5-Nov-25

James Webb Telescope discovers ‘potentially hostile alien threat’ is 7 billions years old LADbible11:54 5-Nov-25

I’m a conspiracy theorist The Michigan Daily01:14 5-Nov-25

Molecular Diversity As A Biosignature Astrobiology Web22:10 4-Nov-25

When a rural college becomes a lifeline Open Campus15:07 4-Nov-25

How to spot 'potentially hostile alien threat' that can now be seen from Earth LADbible14:52 4-Nov-25

Netflix Just Quietly Added The Best Prequel Ever Made Inverse14:10 4-Nov-25

Seti’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for… The Conversation (US)13:24 4-Nov-25

Megastructures on Mars Aeon Magazine11:08 4-Nov-25

In the last month

Dan Trachtenberg on Humanizing the Yautja in ‘Predator: Badlands’ Black Girl Nerds22:21 3-Nov-25

Anna Paulina Luna wants answers on comet and ‘interstellar visitors’ to solar system Florida Politics19:04 3-Nov-25

What went down at the Dazed Club screening of Bugonia Dazed Digital16:49 3-Nov-25

Mysterious 3I/ATLAS Interstellar Object Continues To Do Weird Stuff And Encourage Wild Speculation Jalopnik16:34 3-Nov-25

Mysterious interstellar object leaves scientists baffled with bizarre new behaviour LADbible14:25 3-Nov-25

One of the best stories in games finally comes to PS5 and Xbox Polygon14:07 3-Nov-25

Major breakthrough: Water found on 7-billion-year-old interstellar comet 3I/Atlas reshapes… Mint10:53 3-Nov-25

False robot alien spider story is invading social media Snopes.com03:09 3-Nov-25

US congresswoman suggests ‘fallen angels’ could be responsible for UFOs Metro.co.uk00:04 3-Nov-25

The Next Gen manual The Times of India23:43 2-Nov-25

Elon Musk responds to scientist's claims mystery comet in our solar system is ‘alien spaceship’ LADbible17:09 2-Nov-25

She was a tough-as-nails space Marine who was ready to rock against an Apex predator, now she's … MailOnline16:48 2-Nov-25

What 3I/ATLAS really is – and what it definitely is not RTL Today06:45 2-Nov-25

Brian Cox hits out at 'alien spaceship' theories as he shares 'reliable' sources LADbible16:22 1-Nov-25

The Antarctic “Alien Worm” Is Real — Just Not Quite the Monster the Internet Imagined UberGizmo15:19 1-Nov-25

Area 51 aircraft crash sparks military probe and 'cover-up' claims The Mirror15:08 1-Nov-25

AVQ&A: What's your most irrational fear inspired by a horror movie? The A.V. Club12:03 1-Nov-25

Look up! Taurid fireballs and the Perigee Supermoon shine in November The Weather Network11:05 1-Nov-25

It is Halloween and there goblins and ghouls. Are there aliens? Deseret Morning News, Utah23:19 31-Oct-25

Magnetic Rose: A Timeless Sci-Fi Horror Masterpiece Re-examined Rock Hill Herald22:01 31-Oct-25

Astronomers Mapped an Alien World in 3D for the First Time: a Planet So Hot It Tears Water Apart ZME Science19:50 31-Oct-25

Scientist hits out at NASA ‘pretending to be the adults in the room’ over potentially 'hostile… LADbible19:50 31-Oct-25

Law Enforcement Attacked as They Arrest Two Rioters Charged for Assaulting DHS Law Enforcement Officers at California… U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Press Release)17:48 31-Oct-25

Best sci-fi horror books: Top sci-fi horror reads to haunt your Halloween Space.com17:32 31-Oct-25

Gog Game Giveaway Is Just in Time for Halloween GameRant17:03 31-Oct-25

Member of Deadly Human Smuggling Organization Extradited from Canada U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)16:21 31-Oct-25

Ancient Plant Found To Be Unlikely but Powerful Climate Storyteller Technology Networks16:17 31-Oct-25

Nine Reasons This Scientist Is Suspicious the Object Screaming Past the Sun Is a City-Sized… Futurism13:13 31-Oct-25

That Other Alien Invasion Scare – In 1938 NASA Watch00:10 31-Oct-25

Neil deGrasse Tyson rejects Harvard prof's theory that interstellar object sent by aliens Pittsburgh Tribune-Review23:41 30-Oct-25

Mysterious 'alien aircraft' coming back to Earth as Baba Vanga predicts invasion Daily Star22:15 30-Oct-25

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas really is a comet, not aliens New Scientist19:05 30-Oct-25

Spurious reports claim an alien spaceship entered our solar system The Independent17:47 30-Oct-25

Where Water Comes From: A New Clue From Alien Worlds Astrobiology Web17:44 30-Oct-25

Comet 3I/Atlas: Spurious reports claim that an alien spaceship might have entered our solar… Yahoo! UK & Ireland17:28 30-Oct-25

Co-op Horde Shooter A Long Survive Is Out Now On Quest UploadVR17:15 30-Oct-25

Astrophysicist claims NASA are ‘hiding’ critical evidence about ‘alien spaceship’ that could… LADbible17:10 30-Oct-25

'Bugonia' is a psychological thriller that keeps you guessing from scene to scene NPR16:29 30-Oct-25

My Career Profile: Chief Scientific Officer at Springer Nature Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Research15:13 30-Oct-25

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Back From Behind The Sun – Still Not An Alien Spacecraft, Though IFLScience15:09 30-Oct-25

Scientists issue update on ‘potential hostile alien threat’ as appearance leaves them stunned LADbible14:57 30-Oct-25

Object Spotted Near Earth May Be Ancient Spacecraft Futurism12:17 30-Oct-25

Harvard scientist warns Brits to 'brace themselves' as 'alien spaceship' to reach Earth today JOE.co.uk03:35 30-Oct-25

AI Deepfakes Targets Physicists to Push Claim That Comet Is an Alien Spacecraft PC Magazine21:49 29-Oct-25

Suspected comet showing irregular and rare behavior Fox News21:34 29-Oct-25

UFO frenzy across Ireland as 'strange light' spotted in sky but it wasn't aliens Irish Mirror21:16 29-Oct-25

Brian Cox issues defiant response after expert warned us to 'brace ourselves' for mystery… LADbible19:04 29-Oct-25

Get Up To 15 PC Shooter Games For Under $18 At Fanatical GameSpot19:04 29-Oct-25

Extraterrestrial Materials Academy (ETMA) Astrobiology Web17:08 29-Oct-25

New Analytical Methodology to Reveal Biosignatures on Mars and Ocean Worlds Astrobiology Web16:48 29-Oct-25

SETI, Nvidia partner to leverage AI in search for ET Space Connect16:20 29-Oct-25

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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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