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First Lady Melania Trump convened First Spouses from 45 countries at the White House today for a Global Summit focused on the role of artificial ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known ...

NASA’s SPARCS spacecraft has just sent back its first images, marking a major milestone in the mission to study low-mass stars and their potential to host habitable planets. Launched in January 2026, ...

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...

A total of 59 healthy kākāpō chicks have hatched over the last few weeks, according to the latest tally by Aotearoa New Zealand’s Department of Conservation. This marks one of the most successful ...

E.T. could be phoning home — but we’re not hearing the call. A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from ...

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Donald Trump pledged to release government records on aliens and UFOs if reelected. Trump's promise followed his criticism of Barack Obama for discussing his belief in aliens. A 2023 law already ...