The Trump administration selected a controversial Harvard astronomer to lead their new scientific advisory council to study if UFOs may present any national security risks.

A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the Trump administration to ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

Harvard physicist Avi Loeb says humanity is on the brink of a 'major revolution' as advances in artificial intelligence and the search for alien life accelerate, telling a reporter in Athens this week ...

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth. By Kai James / The Conversation Published May 27, 2026 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the ...

When we imagine alien life, we picture monsters, insects, or tentacles—but what if the most realistic aliens are human-like? Evolution tends to solve the same problems with similar designs, and ...

Foo Fighters drummer Ilan Rubin is remembering the time Tom DeLonge stunned Trent Reznor by casually showing him a snapshot of a dead alien. The rocker, who previously served as drummer for Reznor's ...

With all the things going on here on Earth, but also in the immediate space that surrounds it, humanity seems to have forgotten all about a comet that sparked intense controversy not long ago. But now ...

The ExoLife Finder (ELF) looks like no telescope ever built. A spectacular crown of 15 five-meter mirrors perches atop a sprawling metal lattice, resembling petals on a 10-story-tall mechanical flower ...

When we imagine alien life we often picture something radically different from ourselves. But evolution tends to solve similar problems in similar ways, and intelligence may come with predictable ...