We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences, Scientists Caution

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

Alleged Unproduced Prototypes for Kenner Planet of the Apes Line Are a Toy Collecting Mystery

This eBay listing for never produced, alleged "Planet of the Apes" action figures is a puzzling mystery for toy collectors.

TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data

For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting ...

New ultra-black coating could help astronomers search for alien life

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

Could alien minds be conscious? A new paper says yes

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.
areomagazine

Consciousness May Exist in Alien Forms Built From Materials Unlike Earth Life

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...
The Debrief

Could Alien Consciousness Be Unlike Anything We Can Imagine? Non-Human Intelligence May Be Stranger Than We Think, These Experts Say

Consciousness may arise in systems far different than the biology on Earth we are used to, according to University of California, Riverside (UCR) researchers, who argue that many forms of conscious ...
Engadget

Alien: Isolation 2 keeps the classic horror game's uncompromising approach to raising tension

One of the best horror games of the 2010s was Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation, but it certainly took some time for audiences to see it in its proper light. Though it initially received mixed ...
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Gaining Legitimacy Through Self-Created Crises by Alien Zarab - Ultraman 'The Brother from Another Planet'

The episode we are covering this time is 'The Brother from Another Planet' from 'Ultraman'. This work is known as the episode where Alien Zarab transforms into a fake Ultraman to destroy the trust ...
Indiatimes

The alien planet 700 light-years away where rock clouds appear every morning and disappear by evening

On Earth, a cloudy morning giving way to a clear evening is unremarkable, the kind of forecast that barely warrants a glance at the weather app. On a gas giant orbiting a star nearly 700 light-years ...
IBTimes UK

Harvard Astronomer Claims 3I/ATLAS Was Seeded on an Alien 'Fertilisation Mission'

Rather than life starting independently on Earth, a fraction of the scientific community has spent years arguing that cosmic dust, comets, and asteroids act as interstellar delivery vehicles, carrying ...
National Geographic news

What could alien life look like? These Earthlings offer clues.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...