It's back: Facebook resurrects "Storm Area 51" event

Memelords Rejoice

After being removed by Facebook, the event called "Storm Area 51" has been resurrected. Facebook claims it was a "mistake."

It’s Back: Facebook Resurrects “Storm Area 51” Event

Facebook says it was all a big mistake.

At what point does scientific inquiry outweigh the value of life?

Scientist: we should be prepared to kill aliens

Roscosmos Roulette

Before we make first contact with any aliens out there, we should figure out whether we're willing to kill them to further our scientific knowledge.

Scientist: We Should Be Prepared to Kill Aliens

Here's a brutal reality: to understand aliens, we're probably going to have to kill and dissect them.

Whether "naruto running" will be enough to successfully dodge their bullets remains to be seen.

Almost 300,000 people say they're gonna storm Area 51

Greatest Crossover Event

The Facebook event, "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us" amassed almost 300,000 conspirators and meme lovers ready for an Area 51 raid.

Storm Area 51 Event Amasses Almost 300,000 People | Futurism

Really.

Almost 300,000 People Say They’re Gonna Storm Area 51

Sorry, but ’Oumuamua wasn't sent by aliens, say scientists, for some reason dignifying this yet again

Case Closed

An in-depth study of 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar visitor to our solar system, seems to finally put to bed the theory that it's an alien spacecraft.

Sorry, but ’Oumuamua the Asteroid Wasn’t Sent by Aliens, Say Scientists, For Some Reason Dignifying This Yet Again

"‘Oumuamua’s properties are consistent with a natural origin."

"The consequences affect more people than just scientists."

Scientists want your input on our alien response plan

Survey Says

A massive new survey is designed to determine how the general public feels about aliens and what humans should do if ET ever reaches out.

Scientists Want Your Input on Our Alien Response Plan

If aliens came calling, how would you want humanity to react?

"It appears that any detectable amount of phosphine on a rocky temperate exoplanet could only be produced by life."

Weird new theory: aliens could be using toxic gas as defense

ET Toots Home

An MIT postdoctoral student has a strange new theory for finding aliens and extraterrestrial life: scan the skies for phosphine, a foul-smelling, toxic gas.

Weird New Theory: Aliens Could Be Using Toxic Gas as Defense

Scanning the skies for "outrageously foul-smelling" gases could lead us right to them.

Our relationship with aliens is mirroring the start of a new religion.

Professor: Belief in aliens could replace traditional religion

Church of ET

Professor Diana Pasulka sees the growing human belief in aliens as mirroring what happens when a religion begins to take shape.

Professor: Belief in Aliens Could Replace Traditional Religion

The number of Americans who believe in intelligent alien life is now about the same as the number who believe in God.

We should be on the lookout for signs of alien life — and alien death.

Harvard prof: Finding dead alien civilizations could save humans

Space Archaeology

Harvard professor Avi Loeb thinks finding signs of dead aliens could help humanity know what not to do if it wants to survive indefinitely.

Harvard Prof: Finding Dead Alien Civilizations Could Save Humans

He thinks we could learn from the mistakes of deceased ETs.

He think they might be trying to create a super-intelligent "future leader."

Oxford professor: Invisible aliens are breeding with humans

Unseen Saviors

In his new book, Oxford professor Young-hae Chi theorizes that invisible aliens are creating alien-human hybrids, perhaps as a response to climate change.

Oxford Academic: Invisible Aliens Are Breeding With Humans

And he thinks the "hybrids" could be a response to climate change.

"To produce an artificial black hole, we would need to focus a billion-ton gamma ray laser to nuclear dimensions."

New SETI plan: Detect alien starships powered by black holes

Nuclear Dimensions

A new paper suggests that we could spot an alien civilization by looking for signs of starships powered by the radiation thrown off by small black holes.

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