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US Space Force wants to track 'abnormal observables' with unknown origins in Earth's orbit
By Brett Tingley published
A new U.S. Space Force publication says that to operate safely in space, Guardians need to know exactly what is in orbit and where it came from — but anomalous objects show that it's no easy task.
SETI Institute gets $200 million to seek out evidence of alien life
By Conor Feehly published
Researchers are taking seriously the idea that our first evidence of life elsewhere in the cosmos may come in the form of alien technology.
Evidence of alien life may exist in the fractures of icy moons around Jupiter and Saturn
By Robert Lea published
Researchers searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life are investigating the geological faults of Saturn’s largest icy moon, Titan, and Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.
Search for intelligent aliens explores new radio-frequency realms
By Keith Cooper published
Over 1.6 million star systems have been scanned by Europe's LOFAR system so far, but E.T. hasn't been caught phoning home yet.
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a new home at Oxford
By Keith Cooper published
The Breakthrough Listen initiative has moved its headquarters to the U.K. to take advantage of the reams of data set to come from the Square Kilometer Array.
In the search for alien life, should we be looking for artificial intelligence?
By Keith Cooper published
Superintelligences might reveal themselves through the technosignatures of their cosmic engineering projects.
Could AI communicate with aliens better than we could?
By Keith Cooper published
Any potential alien messages could be too complicated for humans to understand, but AI trained to detect complex structure in communication could help decipher them for us.
Unidentified anomalous phenomena: Hot spots and the quest for better UFO data
By Leonard David published
For many anxious to throw light on unidentified anomalous phenomena, it's all about reliable, truth-revealing, and scientifically rigorous data collection.
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