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If we were to ever find alien life, breaking the news to the general public could be much more difficult than one might think.

If Scientists Ever Find Strong Evidence of Alien Life, Communicating It Will Pose Serious Issues

By Victor Tangermann

The case that Venus is harboring enormous lava tubes continues to build. A recent paper suggests they could measure up to 0.62 miles across.

Scientists Intrigued by Possible Hollow Structures Under Surface of Venus

By Victor Tangermann

A new candidate exoplanet appears to almost uncanny similarities to Earth — but may differ in at least one major way.

NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth

By Frank Landymore

A close-up of the rapper Nicki Minaj, with straight hair and gold earrings, her face tinted red-orange, set against a blue-tinted lunar landscape with an astronaut driving a lunar rover in the background.

Nicki Minaj Says the Moon Landing Was Faked

By Frank Landymore

NASA's wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon didn't quite go as planned, forcing the agency to push back the launch.

NASA Runs Into Trouble Fueling Up Moon Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created a highly detailed computational model of Jupiter's atmosphere to peer below its thick clouds.

There’s Something Fascinating Hiding Under Jupiter’s Clouds, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

An image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover shows its LED lights lighting up a hole it drilled into the surface of the rock.

This Photo of Mars at Night Is Straight Up Haunting

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists have determined that Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in a seriously thick icy shell that measures 18 miles deep.

NASA Says Europa Is Covered by a Thick Icy Shell

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Moon astronauts will be using a new spacesuit to explore the lunar surface. Unfortunately, experts say, it has problems.

NASA’s Moon Spacesuits Are Plagued With Issues

By Victor Tangermann

On Friday, the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the Moon officially entered quarantine in preparation for their journey.

Moon Astronauts Enter Quarantine for Launch

By Victor Tangermann

A former analyst at the UK central bank warned of apocalyptic financial scenarios if we ever confirm alien life.

Former Banking Insider Makes Strange Warning About Discovery of Alien Life

Researchers used satellite data to calculate and simulate the sea level in a canyon, getting a glimpse of a huge ocean.

Scientists Astonished by Glimpse of Huge, Ancient Ocean on Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Some experts aren't convinced of NASA's reassurances that the Orion spacecraft, which will house its Moon astronauts, is safe to use.

Experts Warn That There’s Something Wrong With the Moon Rocket NASA Is About to Launch With Astronauts Aboard

By Victor Tangermann

A paper proposes a theory that outer space acts like viscous fluid, which if true explains discrepancies in what we observe in the universe.

Outer Space Is a Viscous Fluid, New Paper Claims

By Sharon Adarlo

Startup GRU (Galactic Resource Utilization) Space has opened reservations for people who want to stay in the first hotel on the Moon.

Moon Hotel Now Taking Reservations

By Sharon Adarlo

For over two decades, millions volunteered their computers to help UC Berkeley scientists in their search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Network of Home Computers Detected 100 Potential Alien Signals

By Victor Tangermann