We've all grown up dreaming of aliens landing on the Earth or laser beaming across the sky; well, either way, it's sci-fi and ...

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The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, ...

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Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

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Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but ...

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After a fatal shooting, the Trump administration froze a visa program for Afghans that Republicans in Congress had championed ...