A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

Humans have been searching for signs of alien life for many years. From signals from space to potential sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the sky, mankind’s curiosity has sought to ...

Scientists have just completed an extensive search for signs of alien communications technology in the Milky Way's 'solar system 2.0'. Penn State astronomers and scientists at the SETI Institute, ...

Scientists have spotted an ‘alien’ asteroid in our solar system, which they believe is the first object to enter our system from another. The asteroid, known as 2015 BZ509 and currently in Jupiter’s ...

A cigar-shaped rock zooming through our Solar System — the first object from a foreign star system ever spotted in our midst — is cloaked in a coat of organic material, astronomers said Monday. Dubbed ...

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 ...