Are aliens real? The question has animated conspiracy theories for decades and enthralled at least one former president of the United States. In a recent interview, Barack Obama became the first ...

For months, scientists and the public have squinted their eyes at photos of a blurry smudge to figure out if it’s proof that aliens exist. Discovered in July, 3I/ATLAS is not your average comet – it’s ...

The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft has captured detailed images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, offering ...

The question sounds ripped straight from a sci-fi blockbuster like Arrival or 2001: A Space Odyssey, yet it became a very real source of furious, months-long online debate. The cosmic object at the ...

A Harvard astrophysicist has sounded the alarm over an interstellar object hurtling toward Earth, warning humanity is unprepared if it turns out to be alien technology. Professor Avi Loeb, known for ...

Scientists have not been able to find so-called "technosignatures" - but there are several theories as to why ALIEN civilizations far more advanced than ours may be lying in wait in distant galaxies – ...

An object the size of Manhattan could potentially be a hostile alien spacecraft set to attack Earth in November, according to a worrying recent study. Earlier this month, experts confirmed the ...

20:22, Wed, Nov 19, 2025 Updated: 23:05, Wed, Nov 19, 2025 NASA aimed to set the record straight on the nature of the 3I/ATLAS during a press conference held on Wednesday evening. The interstellar ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A rare object visiting from outside our solar system is travelling so fast it won’t be captured by the Sun’s gravity and is set to carry on back out into deep space. It’s fascinating, but some think ...