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When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial ...

With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

While telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can detect the chemical fingerprints of distant atmospheres, ...

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

The question of whether humanity is alone in the universe has fascinated scientists for generations, but few have pursued an ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

Most U.S. stocks are rising, but drops for some influential technology companies are keeping the market in check. The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1% Wednesday and was potentially heading ...

In 1997, a group that believed they were headed to heaven in a spaceship carried out the largest mass suicide on American ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For years, it looked like my only contact with the South Pacific was appearing 50 years ago in a Temple Israel production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Just last year, ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an alien spaceship.