Extraterrestrial Life

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Aliens built pyramids is debatable. But a hidden Egyptian code inside Great Pyramid of Giza's measurements could reveal … The Economic Times16:34

Giant armored crustaceans survive thanks to a gene stolen from bacteria Scientific American15:16

In the last 6 hours

Hasbro And Transformers Officially Take A Stance Against ICE TheGamer14:01

Earlier today

IAF praises Türkiye's preparations for 2026 space congress Yeni Şafak10:23

At this Bahamas mega-resort for vacation-maxxing, expect gigantic slides, luxury boutiques and… Toronto Star10:09

Yesterday

Space Entrepreneur Wants To Prove There Are Aliens By Sending A Probe On An 80,000-Year Voyage To Alpha Centauri… Jalopnik20:31 10-Sept-26

Rebounder Is A Celeste-like That Has Me Throwing Caution To The Alien Wind Kotaku20:30 10-Sept-26

Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)20:04 10-Sept-26

SETI Resurrects Decades-Old Concept: Searching Through The Lunar Soil For Signs Of Galactic Aliens IFLScience14:28 10-Sept-26

In the last 7 days

ICE Lodges Detainer for Illegal Alien Charged in Fatal Semi-Truck Crash in Ohio U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Press Release)22:57 9-Sept-26

Gamescom 2026 — Silent Hill: Townfall Finds Horror In A Different Kind Of Town CGMagazine21:07 9-Sept-26

NASA’s next major telescope might see alien oceans and rainbows New Scientist17:01 9-Sept-26

Why does early treatment matter for psychotic episodes? North Carolina Health News09:24 9-Sept-26

In 1982, Chile imported European bumblebees to pollinate crops; the invaders crossed into… The Times of India09:19 9-Sept-26

New US Space Force Uniforms Stir Controversy in the US Bursa.ro22:04 8-Sept-26

Could Scoop of Moon Dust Reveal Alien Technology? Sci.News22:02 8-Sept-26

OpenAI's Chief Scientist Warns No One Is Ready for AI's Next Leap, Calls for 'Extreme Caution' IBTimes (US)18:49 8-Sept-26

Dem city bashed for policy ‘encouraging criminal illegal aliens’ as rap sheets revealed: ‘Lives … Fox News17:01 8-Sept-26

Identifying Casual SETI Transmissions And Ultra-Faint RFI With Cumulant Imaging Astrobiology Web15:51 8-Sept-26

ATF, HSTF partners investigation leads to guilty plea by Mexican national for alien smuggling conspiracy using… Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (Press Release)14:31 8-Sept-26

OpenAI Chief Scientist Sounds Alarm: AI Race Needs Extreme Caution NewsMax14:04 8-Sept-26

“We Couldn’t Believe What We Were Seeing”: Scientists Have Discovered a Bizarre New Microbe with an “Alien”… The Debrief13:33 8-Sept-26

Scientists Just Filmed One of the Deep Sea’s Creepiest Creatures for the First Time in This… Vice (UK)13:30 8-Sept-26

‘This is a time for extreme caution’: OpenAI chief scientist warns of rapid rise in AI intelligence The Telegraph, Calcutta01:18 8-Sept-26

“Some agents will be pursuing their own objectives”: OpenAI’s chief scientist warns AI could… The New Stack00:47 8-Sept-26

OpenAI Chief Scientist Warns AI Labs May Need to Slow Down Decrypt22:24 7-Sept-26

The Three Basic Means by Which Ruling Elites Maintain Their Control The Independent Institute (Weblog)22:04 7-Sept-26

These 6 sci-fi books take Project Hail Mary’s best idea even further MakeUseOf17:19 7-Sept-26

Retrieving Ocean Glint Reflectance Signatures From Directly Imaged Earth-like Exoplanets Astrobiology Web16:18 7-Sept-26

Trump ridiculed as he unveils his proposed Space Force uniforms indy10014:54 7-Sept-26

Sandra Hüller: “Some Characters Don’t Want to Give Away Their Secrets” AnOther14:05 7-Sept-26

OpenAI chief scientist warns no one is prepared for consequences of AI BBC13:26 7-Sept-26

Dogs know more than humans: Artists reimagine Poland's Silesia region euronews11:46 7-Sept-26

OpenAI Scientist Sounds the Alarm on AI, Warns ‘No One Is Prepared’ for What Comes Next — Hopes for ‘Voluntary… Benzinga10:55 7-Sept-26

Are we the aliens? Earth could be sending life to Venus, say scientists BBC Sky at Night Magazine09:51 7-Sept-26

Trump mocked over his new design for Space Force uniforms The Independent00:56 7-Sept-26

Collection Plate: Could Our Moon Be Peppered with Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technology? Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)21:28 6-Sept-26

Many Space Missions Are Searching for Life Beyond Earth—But Are We Prepared for the Fallout If They Succeed? Nautilus13:16 6-Sept-26

Wide Angle: Why Star Trek Still Matters Dawn04:57 6-Sept-26

Ancient Blacksmiths May Have Hammered Away a Meteorite's Cosmic Signature Discover Magazine16:09 5-Sept-26

Appeals court rejects Trump administration effort to reinstate SAVE voter purge database Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Press Release)15:10 5-Sept-26

This Deep-Sea Crustacean Is The Size Of A Loaf Of Bread. It Looks Like A Giant Prawn, Begging The Question: Would It… IFLScience22:23 4-Sept-26

Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Alien Smuggling Conspiracy Using an Underground Tunnel FBI (Press Release)18:52 4-Sept-26

New technology is helping us look for alien intelligence in distant galaxies BBC Sky at Night Magazine14:23 4-Sept-26

After 2 hours, Exodus feels like the second coming of Mass Effect Polygon14:07 4-Sept-26

In the last month

'Alien: Isolation 2': Facing a ruthless and evolved Xenomorph in our Gamescom hands-on preview Space.com21:03 3-Sept-26

Fermi Explorer: Sending A Spacecraft On A 55,000-Mile-Per-Hour Mission To Alpha Centauri To Tackle The Fermi Paradox IFLScience19:24 3-Sept-26

Mysterious tracks spotted in NASA Mars photo spark theories of extraterrestrial life on the Red … MailOnline17:50 3-Sept-26

CBP officers remove another 10 cruise ship crewmembers in Boston following Operation Tidal Wave investigation U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Press Release)16:51 3-Sept-26

Atmosphere Detected On The Coldest Lava World To Date Astrobiology Web16:10 3-Sept-26

Sci-fi adventure featuring astronauts, aliens and music coming to theatre Hampshire Chronicle12:02 3-Sept-26

Diatribe: Homer in space Neos Kosmos02:26 3-Sept-26

Daily Star's space mission is 'expected' to find aliens on Jupiter and change the world Daily Star21:43 2-Sept-26

U of L researchers send payloads to stratosphere to learn about biotechnology My Lethbridge Now20:08 2-Sept-26

12 Wrestlers Who Looked completely Out Of Place In Other Promotions What Culture14:14 2-Sept-26

Microbe that reproduces by bursting open could boost omega-3 production – study STV07:38 2-Sept-26

'We're not prepared!': How a Harvard professor thinks humanity's chaotic first contact would actually unfold BBC Science Focus18:12 1-Sept-26

Who Are The Guardians Of The Universe? 'Lanterns' Alien Organization Explained Inverse16:02 1-Sept-26

Alienware 16X Aurora review: A thoroughly competent gaming laptop Tom's Hardware Guide15:45 1-Sept-26

Are we prepared for the fallout of finding life beyond Earth? UPI15:13 1-Sept-26

The Search for a Second Earth Begins: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is Poised to Make History The Debrief13:18 1-Sept-26

Scientists Discover How Extraterrestrial Life Could Thrive In the Harsh Acidic Clouds Surrounding Venus The Debrief13:18 1-Sept-26

Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth – but are we prepared for the fallout if they succeed? The Conversation (US)13:11 1-Sept-26

Fermi Explorer team plans to launch a probe that will reach the star system next door … in… GeekWire11:06 1-Sept-26

Brand-New Steam Game is Helldivers 2 Meets Warhammer 40K GameRant10:07 1-Sept-26

Why the Space Economy Needs ‘Solar System Boundaries’ Observer Research Foundation09:07 1-Sept-26

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 (PC) Review CGMagazine20:45 31-Aug-26

When Prophecy Fails @ Studio Theatre The Skinny16:05 31-Aug-26

In 2014, Scientists Went In Search Of A Shipwreck 1,900 Meters Below The Sea. Instead, They Found A Monstrous "Tar Lily" IFLScience15:13 31-Aug-26

Scientist-Inventor Denies Reverse Engineering of Invisibility Cloak Business Wire (Press Release)14:16 31-Aug-26

Scientists Filmed an Alien-Looking Fish Moonwalking Across The Seafloor ScienceAlert11:05 31-Aug-26

Total War: Warhammer 40,000 Wins Best PC Game at Gamescom 2026 gHacks08:05 31-Aug-26

‘Lanterns’ Episode 3 Release Time: Here’s When This Week’s Episode Drops On HBO Max Forbes17:09 30-Aug-26

Sunflowers and aliens North East Bylines08:06 30-Aug-26

Wide Angle: How Much Tech Did Aliens Get Right? Dawn04:01 30-Aug-26

New Gallup Poll: UFO’s Are Aliens? Is U.S. Government Hiding Something? Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)22:08 29-Aug-26

The Search For Life Elsewhere: Avoiding Hype and Fostering Public Understanding Astrobiology Web17:41 29-Aug-26

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think Scientific American15:02 29-Aug-26

Scientists Want to Create an Artificial Eclipse in Space to Hunt for Alien Worlds Vice (US)14:24 29-Aug-26

At 10, he solved complex math problems. Unlocked the atom's true power. But his 3-word question about aliens changed… The Economic Times11:23 29-Aug-26

Thousands of Interstellar Objects May Be Lurking in Our Solar System 404 Media11:06 29-Aug-26

Unlikely team uncover source of mysterious space lights seen in Queensland ABC Online01:06 29-Aug-26

'A huge vanity project' - when Sputnik crash-landed in Scotland BBC23:04 28-Aug-26

U of L lab collaborates with Canadian Space Agency on extraterrestrial biomanufacturing project LethbridgeNewsNOW22:56 28-Aug-26

Where are all the aliens? A new book explores possible answers Scientific American22:36 28-Aug-26

Sorry, aliens didn’t build Dyson spheres around these dwarf stars Popular Science20:03 28-Aug-26

Mysterious object spotted in NASA moon photo sparks theories of extraterrestrial life: '100%… MailOnline18:55 28-Aug-26

6 sci-fi novels where first contact gets stranger the more humanity understands it MakeUseOf17:13 28-Aug-26

Alien Jellyfish or Camera Glitch? Experts Debate Odd Photo Taken on Mars PetaPixel14:40 28-Aug-26

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 review: "I love this janky, deliciously imperfect bug-hunting adventure" Gamesradar12:00 28-Aug-26

Fastest star ever spotted at the centre of our galaxy New Scientist11:51 28-Aug-26

In the otherworldly Chilean desert, this huge telescope could reveal alien life BBC10:58 28-Aug-26

It was a spy satellite, now NASA's new telescope is set to head into space ABC Online20:02 27-Aug-26

Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 Is A Fun Co-op Shooter, But The Chatty NPCs And Bad Dialogue Get In The Way Kotaku18:04 27-Aug-26

Trump’s UFO advisor says aliens wouldn’t care who the president is The Independent01:18 27-Aug-26

Rob Schneider remembers ‘great and wonderful’ Home Alone co-star Tim Curry Evening Standard23:23 26-Aug-26

Scientists Discover Vast Underground 'Anomaly' on Mars 404 Media19:19 26-Aug-26

Carol Burnett leads tributes for ‘dear friend’ and Annie co-star Tim Curry Evening Standard18:58 26-Aug-26

Tim Curry, who defined 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' has died NPR17:34 26-Aug-26

Rocky Horror Picture Show star Tim Curry dies aged 80 Evening Standard17:26 26-Aug-26

Tim Curry, 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' 'Home Alone 2' actor, dead at age 80 10News, San Diego16:55 26-Aug-26

How Aliens became the rare sequel that was as good as – or better than – the original The Conversation (UK)16:37 26-Aug-26

A Provocative Theory by NASA Scientists Asks: What If We Weren’t the First Advanced Civilization on Earth? ZME Science13:31 26-Aug-26

Trump’s UFO Obsession Takes a Humiliating Turn The Daily Beast13:13 26-Aug-26

NASA's Gateway could become the Moon's first airport – here's how traffic will work TechSpot12:18 26-Aug-26

Four in 10 Americans believe UFOs are alien spacecraft, poll finds Semafor09:53 26-Aug-26

Americans Still Skeptical That UFOs Are Aliens Gallup09:25 26-Aug-26

Alien Geoguessr meets Sherlock Holmes in this captivating Steam mystery Polygon09:09 26-Aug-26

Deep Sea Scientists Hunting a Shipwreck Accidentally Stumbled Across The Ocean's Own Backrooms ScienceAlert20:08 25-Aug-26

Opinion | Divergent Influences Shaped America’s Steps With Nature Mississippi Free Press15:47 25-Aug-26

The technologies predicted in 1986’s Aliens that have become a reality The Independent10:51 25-Aug-26

Did 24,000 (and Counting) Aliens Really Vote in the 2020 Election? Center for Immigration Studies22:13 24-Aug-26

JD Vance gives Maine voters more reasons to hate him Daily Kos21:37 24-Aug-26

The Breed is Back! Commodore to Publish Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection for Modern… PR Newswire (Press Release)20:52 24-Aug-26

Tactile Turn Goes Retro Sci-Fi with Its Latest EDC Pen Gear Patrol19:06 24-Aug-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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