NASA will have to find a way to service its new alien-hunting space telescope

NASA's new alien-hunting telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), will be serviceable out in space (and it will ...

Cut the Alien Jokes, These Mysterious Spheres Are Likely Space Debris

The discovery bemused residents of a small town in northeastern Australia. The objects appear to be junk from a space launch, ...

There’s a Chilling Reason Why We Haven’t Made Contact With Aliens Yet, Scientists Say

Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got ...

Metal Balls From Space Are Popping Up On Australia's Beaches

Sadly, we don't think aliens were involved in this particular space balls incident.
GeekWire

The buzz over an ‘alien’ interstellar comet shows how way-out speculation goes viral

An astrophotograph of the interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS highlights its green coma and a wandering blue-tinted ion tail. (Copyright Victor Sabet and Julien De ...

What is it with Spielberg and space aliens? We break down his career-long fixation

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.
Wired

The Search for Alien Artifacts Is Coming Into Focus

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.