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“I need to see the president” - What the alien said after landing
In 1957, a 300-foot craft landed quietly in Virginia. Out stepped a man in a metallic jumpsuit who simply said, “I need to see the president.” His name? Valiant Thor. He claimed to be from Venus—and ...
Vladimir Putin jokes that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is a 'secret weapon' as the mysterious object sweeps past Earth.
Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...
Is NASA hiding the truth about 3I/ATLAS? Explore the 'cosmic rebel' defying physics and why legal experts say a lawsuit may ...
From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.
From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...
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Aliens aren’t green men: what scientists really expect
For more than a century, popular culture has trained us to picture extraterrestrials as bug-eyed, bipedal “little green men” ...
On Friday, December 19, 2025, comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth. 3I/ATLAS can be found near the constellation Leo when it reaches its closest distance to Earth, overnight on ...
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