Looking ahead, the comet will pass roughly 33 million miles from Jupiter in March 2026. Loeb noted the scientific value: monitoring 3I/ATLAS with the Juno spacecraft could reveal unusual activity, ...

Steven Spielberg poses with the animatronic puppet from ET at Carlo Rambaldi’s studio in April 1982 - Mark Sennet/Getty Images Shortly after ET the Extra-Terrestrial was released in 1982, Ronald ...

A group of researchers say it's time for academia to get serious about studying UFOs. The movement, championed by the Society for UAP Studies, is wrapping up an international conference aimed at ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

FX has finally reached a verdict on the future of Alien: Earth following the explosive Season 1 finale. The studio has confirmed that Alien: Earth has been renewed and will move forward with another ...

Conspiracy theories have raged about 3I/ATLAS being an unnatural object. But the alien question, while fun, generates misinformation and distracts from the science. When you purchase through links on ...

Laura Nicole Driessen is an ambassador for the Orbit Centre of Imagination at the Rise and Shine Kindergarten, in Sydney's Inner West. On October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS reached its closest point to the ...

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens. Reading time 6 minutes At Gizmodo, we love a good story about ...

Abraham “Avi” Loeb, the Harvard astronomy professor and bestselling author, has dared to explore what he calls “the most romantic question in science”: Are we alone? “This question is a question that ...

Assuming our solar system’s newest interstellar object isn’t an alien mothership sent here to menace us, humankind still hasn’t spotted any signs of extraterrestrial life, let alone intelligence — ...

Humans have created countless inventions that shape our lives in amazing ways. Some are practical, some are revolutionary, and some are simply fascinating. But if aliens suddenly appeared, which ...