Extraterrestrial Life

Almost everyone believes aliens do exist — but most are too embarrassed to admit it Daily Star20:48
New 'pear shaped' anomaly seen on 'alien spaceship' 3I/atlas as it zooms through space Daily Star14:23
Spielberg’s new sci-fi trailer stuns fans with eerie surprises and hidden clues TalkAndroid07:56
'Alien spaceship' 3I/Atlas to make rare move near the Sun which could solve UFO mystery Daily Star11:05
100 mystery sounds under review for signs of extraterrestrial life Popular Science16:56
SETI scientists reveal 100 'signals of interest' from collapsed Arecibo Observatory Live Science22:06

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Noem digs at agitators, sanctuary politicians in touting ICE mission continues 1 year into… Fox News19:52

Earlier today

If You Believe Aliens Are Real, Science May Be On Your Side HuffPost (UK)13:07

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Yesterday

Memoreum Director Tries Patreon & Sideloading To Distribute New Quest Game UploadVR22:41 19-Jan-26

Games Workshop's new models give the Emperor female bodyguards Polygon11:44 19-Jan-26

The Search for Alien Artifacts Is Coming Into Focus WIRED11:09 19-Jan-26

'Best horror movie of all time' with a 93% rating is now streaming on Disney Plus The Mirror09:55 19-Jan-26

Aliens 'believe in religion just like us' but will discard gods when they land on Earth Daily Star09:42 19-Jan-26

Cadbury’s latest ad focuses on sisterly love Creative Review07:02 19-Jan-26

S When the aliens come, show them the All-Ireland club final Irish Examiner06:09 19-Jan-26

How will we trade with aliens? Chris Skinner's Blog06:00 19-Jan-26

In the last 7 days

Bank of England Warned to Prepare for Aliens Due to Imminent US 'Disclosure' The Tribune, California22:53 18-Jan-26

Almost everyone believes aliens do exist — but most are too embarrassed to admit it Daily Star20:48 18-Jan-26

‘It could work’: Columnist sounds alarm over Trump’s new ‘brazen’ attempt to expand power The Raw Story18:47 18-Jan-26

From fuzzy flowers to see-through sea slugs, here are some of the new species discovered last year by California… Mercury News13:00 18-Jan-26

Here’s what ‘habitable’ means to astronomers EarthSky11:45 18-Jan-26

Exhibition: Cartographer Of The Soul Dawn03:19 18-Jan-26

Alien-hunters crack cosmic code with new 'twinkle test' that spots real space signals Daily Star16:19 17-Jan-26

Do Bees Hold the Key to Communicating With Aliens? Vice (US)08:32 17-Jan-26

Everything in the Universe May Share a Form of Consciousness—Even Aliens, Scientists Say Popular Mechanics00:00 17-Jan-26

Astronomers searching for alien life are sharpening our cosmic clocks. Here's why Space.com21:02 16-Jan-26

Network of Home Computers Detected 100 Potential Alien Signals Futurism17:35 16-Jan-26

Alien Mysticism And Dynamite Deaths: The Largest Free-Standing Boulder Has A Wild History IFLScience17:17 16-Jan-26

Winter Night Out Idea: See Classic Sci-Fi Films in a Planetarium KQED16:08 16-Jan-26

A message to the Aliens Courthouse News14:24 16-Jan-26

New 'pear shaped' anomaly seen on 'alien spaceship' 3I/atlas as it zooms through space Daily Star14:23 16-Jan-26

Jupiter’s Moon Europa Is a Top Candidate for Hosting Alien Life. But It May Lack the Geologic… Smithsonian Magazine14:14 16-Jan-26

How Does the Hive Mind Work in ‘Pluribus? WIRED12:07 16-Jan-26

Could aliens and fireflies communicate in the same way? EarthSky11:10 16-Jan-26

Here are your chances in SC of being ‘abducted’ by space aliens, based on UFO reports Rock Hill Herald10:34 16-Jan-26

Spielberg’s New Sci-Fi Trailer Stuns Fans With Eerie Surprises and Hidden Clues TalkAndroid07:56 16-Jan-26

This Seti program is chasing down its final 100 signals. Could one of them be from aliens? Space.com22:04 15-Jan-26

UC Berkeley scientists focus on 100 radio signals in search of extraterrestrial life Local News Matters22:00 15-Jan-26

SETI Institute Opens Call For Nominations For The 2026 Tarter Award Astrobiology Web19:33 15-Jan-26

Queer Books To Read if You’re Really Missing ‘Pluribus’ Autostraddle19:28 15-Jan-26

NASA's powerful new Roman Space Telescope is complete — and will soon begin mission to find 100,000 alien worlds Live Science17:17 15-Jan-26

2016 Was Actually The Worst Year Ever, Remember? Vogue16:00 15-Jan-26

Here are your chances in Ga of being ‘abducted’ by space aliens, based on UFO reports Macon.com13:51 15-Jan-26

Do Aliens from Other Planets Also Believe in Gods? Psychology Today12:59 15-Jan-26

The Hidden World of Cold-Water Corals Rises to the Surface With These Glass Sculptures That Are … Smithsonian Magazine12:47 15-Jan-26

'Alien spaceship' 3I/Atlas to make rare move near the Sun which could solve UFO mystery Daily Star11:05 15-Jan-26

Insects are victims too, not just invaders, says study University of Exeter10:03 15-Jan-26

Illegal Alien Indicted for Ramming Immigration Vehicle Causing Injury to Federal Agents in the Eastern District of Texas FBI (Press Release)23:22 14-Jan-26

100 mystery sounds under review for signs of extraterrestrial life Popular Science16:56 14-Jan-26

Voyager Secures Breakthrough Patent for Orbital Optical Communications Manufacturing Business Wire (Press Release)14:04 14-Jan-26

Dad of woman killed by illegal alien reveals his message to those who enter US illegally Fox News13:00 14-Jan-26

Woman 'has daily encounters with UFOs' and says 'blue-skinned creatures testing the waters' The Mirror08:11 14-Jan-26

No One Can Seem To Agree On How To Measure Displacement Of A Rotary Engine, Here's Why Jalopnik03:29 14-Jan-26

Seti scientists reveal 100 'signals of interest' from collapsed Arecibo Observatory Live Science22:06 13-Jan-26

Previously Deported Man Sentenced for Misuse of a Social Security Number and Selling a Fraudulent California Driver’s… FBI (Press Release)18:48 13-Jan-26

SETI@Home Enthusiasts Used Home Computers To Search For ET. Scientists Focus On 100 signals They Found Astrobiology Web17:44 13-Jan-26

‘Vampire Zombies … from Space!’ rewards those most committed to absurdity of 1950s sci-fi horror The Washington Times17:33 13-Jan-26

Zohran Mamdani 'outraged' after Venezuelan-origin staff detained by ICE; gets called out for… The Times of India15:51 13-Jan-26

Mysterious 10 second 'alien signal' from the edge of the universe leaves scientists baffled Daily Star11:58 13-Jan-26

In the last month

New Studies Can Explain Why Comet 3I/Atlas Isn't An Alien (Probably) BGR20:59 12-Jan-26

'Disgusting': Row over ICE agent accompanying handcuffed detainee into public washroom in viral … The Times of India19:15 12-Jan-26

A Bizarre Exoplanet Breaks Solar System Rules Scientific American19:13 12-Jan-26

Digging Horror: PW Talks to Abbey Luck Publishers Weekly18:58 12-Jan-26

Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets New Scientist18:05 12-Jan-26

NASA funds new tech for upcoming 'Super Hubble' to search for alien life: 'We intend to move… Space.com16:03 12-Jan-26

The 'universal language' that could let us speak to aliens: Researchers reveal the best way to… MailOnline15:03 12-Jan-26

Bees may hold the secret to communication with aliens, scientists find The Independent09:19 12-Jan-26

Aliens could be chatting with each other in plain sight using light flashes like fireflies,… The Irish Independent05:41 12-Jan-26

The extraterrestrial legendary "Wow!" signal has become even more mysterious: new data confirmed its record-breaking… UNN.ua02:34 12-Jan-26

Bees May Tell Us if We Can Use Math to Talk to Aliens ScienceAlert02:01 12-Jan-26

Erich von Daeniken, Swiss author who popularised ancient‑alien theories, dies at 90 AsiaOne01:23 12-Jan-26

Erich von Däniken, who claimed aliens visited Earth, dies at 90 The Tribune, California21:19 11-Jan-26

Pandora Mission Launches to Explore Atmospheres on Alien Worlds Sky & Telescope14:13 11-Jan-26

Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90 MailOnline13:33 11-Jan-26

CIA won't 'confirm nor deny' 3I/Atlas exists as people will panic over 'alien ship' Daily Star17:10 10-Jan-26

2001: A Space Odyssey Review Part 6 Mind Matters11:00 10-Jan-26

Are Aliens Communicating in Space Like Fireflies? Vice (US)07:03 10-Jan-26

Advanced alien civilisations 'already talking to each other' using 'firefly technique' Daily Star20:09 9-Jan-26

Jupiter ocean moon Europa likely lacks tectonic activity, reducing its chances for life Space.com17:01 9-Jan-26

“A Potential Biosignature is Awaiting Return Now”: Congress Abandons Retrieval of Martian Rocks That May Hold Evidence… The Debrief15:31 9-Jan-26

Jill Tarter Awarded the Prestigious Green Sands Prize for Her Pioneering Work in the Search for … PR Newswire (Press Release)22:53 8-Jan-26

Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication? The Conversation (AU)19:37 8-Jan-26

I can't get over this goofy, long-necked 'cyber pet' robot at CES Engadget18:06 8-Jan-26

Apple TV’s Pluribus Offers a Compelling, if Tired, Plot, With Dubious Science DNA Science Blog14:29 8-Jan-26

Armed illegal alien sentenced for operating Atlanta area methamphetamine laboratories U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)14:19 8-Jan-26

At $25,000, Would You Climb Every Mountain In This 1975 Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 710M? Jalopnik13:35 8-Jan-26

The Law-and-Order Influencer Columbia Journalism Review12:08 8-Jan-26

Foo Fighters Guitarist Pat Smear Suffers ‘Bizarre Gardening Accident,’ Will Miss ‘A Few Shows’… Vice (US)23:21 7-Jan-26

Paxton Announces Detention Of 50 Illegal Aliens In Houston-Area Operations The Dallas Express21:30 7-Jan-26

Scientists create huge catalogue of stars where we might find aliens The Independent17:10 7-Jan-26

Amino acid energetic processing leading to extraterrestrial peptides Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Research15:56 7-Jan-26

Attorney General Ken Paxton Detains Fifty Illegal Aliens in Raids Throughout the Houston Area Texas Attorney General (Press Release)15:35 7-Jan-26

CIA Will Neither Confirm Nor Deny Records on 3I/Atlas Futurism14:40 7-Jan-26

Honduran Man Sentenced For Possession Of Child Pornography And Illegal Reentry U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)14:29 7-Jan-26

MUFON Presentation Revealed First Authenticated UFO Contacts by They Fly Productions PR Newswire (Press Release)14:03 7-Jan-26

Alien Conspiracy Thriller ‘The Space Within’ Starring Jessica Chastain Renewed for Season 2 at Audible Variety19:50 6-Jan-26

Advanced alien civilizations could be communicating 'like fireflies' in plain sight, researchers suggest Live Science18:37 6-Jan-26

Europa’s Ocean Floor May Be Too Still for Life Science Blog17:13 6-Jan-26

CIA issues rare response on whether it holds records on mysterious interstellar visitor MailOnline16:23 6-Jan-26

Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas isn't an alien spacecraft, astronomers confirm. 'In the end, there… Space.com13:49 6-Jan-26

Kelly Shaffer Wins Biolegend Graduate Fellowship to Advance Global Health Newswise (Press Release)12:06 6-Jan-26

Low-energy glycine formation and spectral masking in star-forming regions Nature.com03:30 6-Jan-26

Scientists Searched 3I/Atlas for Signs of Aliens. Did They Find Anything? Vice (UK)20:56 5-Jan-26

11 upcoming space and sci-fi games to be excited for in 2026 Space.com20:01 5-Jan-26

Invasive ‘alien' fish spreading in Pakistani waters, threatening biodiversity Geo.tv16:30 5-Jan-26

Searching For Extraterrestrial Life Advances Terrestrial Sustainability Astrobiology Web15:03 5-Jan-26

Australian books to look forward to in 2026: from a 278-page sentence to a memoir about a… Yahoo! UK & Ireland14:37 5-Jan-26

We might finally know whether interstellar comet 3I/Atlas was an ‘alien spacecraft’ Metro.co.uk14:18 5-Jan-26

CyberPowerPC's MA-01 comes with analog color control knobs, woven steel mesh, and slanted airflow Tom's Hardware Guide14:16 5-Jan-26

Syed Ata Hasnain | Venezuela And The Return Of Strategic Enforcement The Asian Age18:23 4-Jan-26

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: A Child’s Garden And The Serious Sea (1991) Run Time: 1H 31M naked capitalism11:31 4-Jan-26

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: A Child’s Garden And The Serious Sea Run (1991) Run Time: 1H … naked capitalism19:03 3-Jan-26

A show left me lost in space and time... much like Nasa's jettisoned library The Observer18:03 3-Jan-26

Microbial Diversity and Metabolic Adaptations in Mars‐Analog Lava Tubes Astrobiology Web16:04 3-Jan-26

Scientists Announce Results After Scanning 3I/Atlas for Alien Signals Futurism13:55 3-Jan-26

'Magically wonderful' family film has 99% rating and is leaving Netflix soon The Mirror08:13 3-Jan-26

A Giant Telescope Searched 3I/ATLAS For Signs of Aliens. Here's Why. ScienceAlert21:06 2-Jan-26

Kepler 452b and Several Exoplanets Are Similar to Earth, but There's Not an Exact Twin Discover Magazine14:13 1-Jan-26

North Korea's Kim hails 'heroic' troops fighting alongside Russia euronews12:23 1-Jan-26

Scientists Find 26 Whole New Bacteria Species In NASA's Supposedly Sterile Cleanrooms Which Could Invade Mars Jalopnik04:36 1-Jan-26

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Latest news on extraterrestrial life, UFOs, SETI and astrobiology: Stay updated on alien search missions, exoplanet discoveries, and NASA's hunt for life beyond Earth.

The search for extraterrestrial life represents one of humanity's most profound scientific endeavours, combining cutting-edge astronomy, astrobiology, and space exploration. With over 5,000 confirmed exoplanets and sophisticated detection methods like the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are better equipped than ever to identify potential biosignatures and habitable worlds.

Recent developments have focused on promising locations within our solar system, including Mars's subsurface environment, Venus's upper atmosphere, and the ocean worlds of Europa and Enceladus. The SETI Institute continues its radio astronomy search while new methods examine technosignatures - potential indicators of advanced civilisations. NASA's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan, scheduled for launch in 2027, represents another significant step in our quest to understand potential life beyond Earth.

Public interest in extraterrestrial life has surged following various scientific breakthroughs and government disclosures about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). Citizen science projects like SETI@home have engaged millions of volunteers worldwide, while research institutions collaborate internationally to analyse potential biosignatures and atmospheric compositions of distant worlds. The field has sparked countless discussions about humanity's place in the cosmos and the implications of potential contact with alien civilisations.

The modern search for extraterrestrial life builds upon centuries of scientific and philosophical inquiry. From Giordano Bruno's 16th-century assertions about infinite worlds to the Drake Equation's 1961 framework for estimating alien civilisations, humanity has long sought to understand our cosmic context. The discovery of extremophiles on Earth in the 1970s dramatically expanded our understanding of life's potential habitats, while the first confirmed exoplanet in 1992 opened new frontiers in the search for habitable worlds.

Our NewsNow feed aggregates the latest developments in extraterrestrial life research from leading scientific institutions, space agencies, and research centres worldwide. From breakthrough exoplanet discoveries to updates on astrobiology missions, our comprehensive coverage keeps you informed about humanity's greatest quest: discovering whether we are alone in the universe.

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