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Weizmann Institute of Science researchers say their statistical toolbox will be used aboard planned Israeli Aerospace Industries spacecraft, Eureka, set to reach Jupiter's smallest moon in the 2030s ...

No bombshells so far in the latest Pentagon batch of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena files. But they show the CIA hid its involvement.

In 1977, Ohio State’s Big Ear radio telescope picked up a 72-second radio burst from deep space that was 30 times stronger than the normal background noise. The signal was so unusual that researcher ...

One of the tensest games I’ve played in my life is Alien Isolation. The ever-present fear of an Alien or Synth stalking you as you attempt to stealthily make your way through a spaceship left my ...

If and when SETI discovers alien life, then a revised Declaration of Principles guarantees that once the discovery has been verified, its disclosure will come soon thereafter. When you purchase ...

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The year is 2063 and brilliant scientist Zefram Cochrane has just carried out the first successful test flight of a ‘warp engine’, unlocking the seemingly impossible possibilities of faster-than-light ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. When President Trump promised, in a social-media post in February, “to begin the process of identifying and ...