Our universe does host life, but another one might be even better suited for life. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers are studying how hospitable our universe is to ...

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The search for intelligent life in our galaxy is shifting from abstract speculation to detailed cartography, as researchers try to sketch where alien societies might arise, thrive and vanish inside ...

It makes sense, really.

Musk compared consciousness to a candle in a “vast darkness" during remarks about aliens at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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There is currently no proof that the universe is home to other intelligent life forms aside from the ones that inhabit Earth, and evidence to the contrary ...

I’ve searched high and low for a movie that prominently features stupid aliens, and I finally struck the motherload with 1985’s Morons from Outer Space. Motherload might be overselling it, but the ...

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