Extraterrestrial Life

Hollywood Gets Aliens All Wrong, Famed E.T. Hunter Says

Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Jill Tarter, SETI Institute, Video, E.T., Sci Fi Movie, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Alien, Seti, Science Fiction, Movies, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/25/2012 10:14 AM EDT on SPACE.com Despite what the movies tell us, any aliens that visit Earth probably won't ...

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Government Psychic Spies and Extraterrestrials

Alejandro Rojas | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: SETI Institute, Paranormal, Cia, Fort Meade, Ufos, Ufo, SRI International, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Seti, UFO and Paranormal, Remote Viewing, Project Stargate, Weird News News

In April, SRI International announced it will be taking over the management of the Allen Telescope Array, whose primary purpose is listening for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.

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Alien Life Could Exist On HOW Many Planets? Study Yields Surprising Answer

Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Stars, Video, E.T., Habitable Planet, Red Dwarf, Intelligent Life, Milky Way, Aliens, Extraterrestrial Life, Seti, Alien Life, Science News

By: Nola Taylor Redd Published: 04/28/2012 08:24 AM EDT on SPACE.com A new estimate of the number of habitable planets orbiting the most common ...

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New Mars Study Suggests NASA Probes Long Ago Found Life On Red Planet

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 04.20.2012

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Is there life on Mars after all? A provocative new study concludes that the twin robotic probes NASA put on Mars in 1976 may have detected signs o...

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Advanced Dinosaurs May Rule Alien Worlds, Chemist Claims

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Chemistry, Video, Asteroids, Amino Acids, Homochirality, Dinosaurs, Advanced Dinosaurs, Extraterrestrial Life, Origins of Life, Chirality, Science News

Imagine an alien world ruled by "advanced dinosaurs" as smart as humans—maybe even smarter. Science fiction? Not necessarily, says the author of...

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E. T. Hunters Explain What Happens If Space Aliens Show Up

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Video, Space, Alien Invasion, Earthlings, Ufo, Moon, Alien Contact, Extraterrestrials, Flying Saucer, Alien, Extraterrestrial Life, Planet, Alien Encounter, Invasion, Life on Other Planets, Galaxy, Science News

It is conceivable that humans could someday discover aliens. We scour the cosmos looking for their radio signals, and though we're not capable of int...

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Alien Planet 'Headcount' Yields Big Surprise

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Alien Planets, Video, Alien Worlds, Milky Way, Exoplanets, Search for Life, Extraterrestrial Life, Galaxy, Alien Life, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 03/28/2012 08:04 AM EDT on SPACE.com There should be billions of habitable, rocky planets around the faint red st...

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Are We Alone?

Nick Sagan | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, SETI Institute, Are We Alone?, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Nick Sagan, Alien Encounters, Seti Aliens, Science News

With so many places for life to exist, we may be closer to finding E.T. than ever before. Imagine what we'd glean from that encounter. How much more we'll come to know -- not only about life in the cosmos but also about ourselves.

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WATCH: Alien 'Super-Earth' Called Best Bet For Supporting Life

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Video, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Space, Exoplanets, Telescope, Extraterrestrial, Planet, Extraterrestrial Life, Science News

By: Denise Chow Published: 02/02/2012 10:16 AM EST on SPACE.com A potentially habitable alien planet — one that scientists say is the best ca...

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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Recovering From Economic Downturn

Alejandro Rojas | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: SETI Institute, Aliens, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Ufos, Weird News News

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program has not gone unscathed from the recent economic turmoil. In fact, in April of last year, their flagship radar field went dark.

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They're Not Meat

Seth Shostak | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Alien-Life-Forms, Alien Life, Seti Keplar, Keplar Telescope, Seti Aliens, Kepler, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Seti, Science News

In a movie it's important to have aliens whose gestures and facial expressions can be "read" by humans. But come on! Are two eyes, four appendages and an upright posture really essential?

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Russian Scientist Claims Scorpion-like Alien Found On Venus, NASA Disagrees

Alejandro Rojas | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Aliens, Nasa, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Astrobiology, Russian Space Program, Life on Venus, Venus, Weird News News

The idea of life on Venus is not given much credence by most mainstream scientists because of the extreme surface temperatures, which can exceed 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Scientists Suggest Moon Photos May Reveal Extraterrestrial Visitation

Alejandro Rojas | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: SETI Institute, Ancient Aliens, Ufos, Ufo, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, UFO and Paranormal, Ancient Astronauts, UFO News, Weird News News

A popular theory amongst those who believe aliens have already visited our solar system is that there is evidence of alien technology in ancient architecture, such as the pyramids in Egypt, the Nazca lines in Peru, or Stonehenge in England.

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Slouching To The Right Of The Drake Equation

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Habitable Zone, Astrophysics, Second-Life-Sample, Astrobiology, Kepler 22b, Earth-Like Planets, Exoplanets, Planetary Systems, Extraterrestrial Life, NASA Kepler, Technology News

The last few years have been heady for planet hunters. First the hot Jupiters; then the will-o'-the-wisp Glieslings and their cousins; and the results from the Kepler mission, one of which is Kepler-22b.

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"Sorry Aliens," We Have a Big Deficit

Santhosh Mathew, PhD | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Space Travel, Space Research, Research Aliens, U.S. Alien Research, Space Exploration, Alien Research, E, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Weird News News

Searching extraterrestrial beings is, perhaps, just the culmination of human imagination and ingenuity. But, as the late Carl Sagan, a strong advocate of this scientific search said, "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."

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E.T. Researchers Say 'Cowboys & Aliens' Distorts Truth About Aliens In Wild West

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Aliens, Jon Favreau, John LeMay, Extraterrestrials, Noe Torres, Extraterrestrial Life, UFO and Paranormal, Bigfoot, Daniel Craig, UFO Sightings in History, Cowboys & Aliens, Video, Weird News News

Just like "Cowboys & Aliens" was not the first western movie ever made, UFO encounters did not begin with the alleged Roswell UFO crash in 1947. In...

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What Will Aliens Look Like?

The Huffington Post | Megan Hess | Posted 10.03.2011

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On August 3, Morgan Freeman will show the world what aliens may look like. Wednesday's season finale of "Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman,"...

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ET Believers And Aliens Mix It Up At Callifornia UFO Symposium

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Mufon Symposium, Aliens, Ufo, Ufos, Mufon, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Weird News News

UFOs and ETs were on tap this weekend at the 42nd annual MUFON Symposium in Irvine, Calif. The UFO menu at the Hyatt Regency Hotel drew over 400 pe...

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Life: Miraculous or Mundane?

Seth Shostak | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Habitable Planets, Biology, Space, Alien Life, Earth Biology, Outer Space Life, Keplar Telescope, Aliens, Life in Space, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Planet Biology, Earth Life, Technology News

When it comes to life in space, we have to do more than simply consider what's on our blackboards. We have to do the hard work -- we have to search. To quote Fox Mulder, the truth is out there.

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Scientist: Humans To Encounter Aliens By 2031

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Russia, Andrei Finkelstein, Poll, Aliens, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Alien Encounter, Seti, Alien Encounter by 2031, World News

A top Russian astronomer claimed Monday that humans will encounter extraterrestrial life by 2031. "Life exists on other planets and we will find i...

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Vanishing X-Files: Australia Unable To Locate UFO Sighting Records

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Australia, Ufo, Aliens, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, UFO Research, Australia X-Files, X-Files, World News

In what will likely become fodder for conspiracy theorists, Australia's military has mysteriously lost its "X-Files," a host of records which detail s...

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NASA Scientist Claims To Have Found Evidence Of Extraterrestrial Life

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Evidence that there is life from beyond Earth has allegedly come hurtling through the sky. Richard Hoover, a NASA scientist, recently reported in t...

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Evidence For Alien Life Is Mounting Daily

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Extraterrestrial Evidence, Space, Alien Life Evidence, ET Evidence, Aliens, Alien Evidence, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Outer Space, Alien Life, Technology News

WASHINGTON — Lately, a handful of new discoveries make it seem more likely that we are not alone – that there is life somewhere else in th...

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Life, But Not As We Know It

Seth Shostak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arsenic, Nasa, Microbes, Extraterrestrial Life, Technology News

The import of the discovery of a new arsenic-based microbe is that finding life as we don't know it will give us a better shot at testing for biology on worlds that are, both by definition and in fact, truly alien.

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Mono Lake Discovery Raises Questions: Does Extraterrestrial Life Exist? (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nasa Announcement, New Bacteria, Nasa, NASA News, Poll, Mono Lake Discovery, Mono Lake, Nasa Discovery, Extraterrestrials, Extraterrestrial Life, Technology News

The discovery of a new form of bacteria that lives off arsenic in California's Mono Lake has led many to speculate about the existence extraterrestria...

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