For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial ...

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

What happens if scientists find evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence? That question was at the center of a recent SETI Live discussion about newly updated post-detection protocols and how ...

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

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Military and commercial pilots are increasingly treated as star witnesses in UFO debates, but psychologists warn their dramatic testimonies cannot, on their own, prove alien visitors.

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

Steven Spielberg isn't just the director of several classic movies featuring aliens. He's also a believer. His father, Arnold Spielberg, was an electrical engineer and big science fiction reader who ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

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