Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field ...

Recent research suggests that our solar system could already be hosting alien probes, potentially observing us from a distance. This idea aligns with a 2023 statement from a Pentagon UFO chief who ...

One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system. We aren't talking about "little green men" here, however — more "little (and not so little) gray rocks ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Object 3I/ATLAS is now too far from Earth to aim a telescope at, but prior observations showed some unusual behavior. The anomalous nature of the ...

Billions of years ago, while the solar system was still young, a massive object may have drifted into it. It's not a spaceship, but it is an alien visitor in its own right—a colossal interstellar body ...

Alien comet 3I/ATLAS wowed us as it passed through the inner solar system in late 2025, and now JWST has revealed something truly amazing. Based on its unique composition, this interstellar visitor ...

There may be 19 asteroids in orbit around the sun that come from somewhere else entirely. If true, we could visit an alien 'world' without ever leaving the confines of the solar system. Share on ...

Life may not get blasted off any of the known "super-Earth" worlds as readily as it can from our planet, scientists find. The discovery suggests that any intelligent aliens that develop on such ...

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Three researchers recently published a paper speculating about whether an object (likely a comet) could be "hostile" alien technology Scientists estimate the object to be more than 12-miles-wide, ...