A new preprint by astronomer Michael Garrett proposes that extremely advanced extraterrestrial computing systems could leave ...

Extraterrestrial rocks, recently delivered by a space probe, could answer the big questions about alien lifeforms and human existence Several billion years ago, at the dawn of the solar system, a wet, ...

One of humanity's greatest mysteries might have been solved 50 years ago - but NASA might have destroyed all evidence of it. Since its formation, the space agency has performed a series of projects to ...

Unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) have resurfaced at the centre of online discussion after a widely shared interview revisited reports of supposed 'non-human' life linked to recovered unidentified ...

Alien life may one day be found not from radio signals beamed across the cosmos but from an all-too-familiar side-effect of civilisation: pollution. It's the Earth's atmosphere that he's usually ...

Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace ...

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 UFO hunter believes they have found signs of alien life on Mars after spotting a pink and green 'plant' growing on the red planet. Scott C Waring shared the news with his fans after making the 'mind ...

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