The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

Photographers @cho_fungi and @cyanesense shoot miniature mushrooms with macro lenses, and the results look like renderings ...

These tiny microorganisms come together to create large, multicellular networks capable of navigating mazes and re-routing ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.

President Trump had lashed out at former President Barack Obama earlier Thursday for telling a podcaster that aliens were real. By Chris Cameron Reporting from Washington President Trump said on ...

President Donald Trump talks to reporters on board Air Force One on Feb. 19, 2026. Reporter With talk of aliens making headlines in the past week, President Donald Trump announced Thursday night that ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday night said he would declassify government files related to alien life and unidentified flying objects, citing the “tremendous interest” in the topic, an announcement ...

Former President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens "have made contact with us," after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend. During a ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.