Avi Loeb, a cosmologist who studied black holes and served as head of Harvard’s astronomy department until 2020, has been ...

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The Harvard astrophysicist has devoted years—and thousands of interviews—to the idea that mysterious objects streaking ...

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

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the “strongest hints yet” of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...

A large neutral response can indicate several things. Scientists may judge the evidence genuinely inconclusive. They may hold an intermediate level of confidence. Or they may regard a claim as too ...

A new survey of hundreds of astrobiologists reveals that, despite NASA's high-profile declarations about Mars and exoplanet K2-18b, most experts do not yet think alien life has probably been found.

Given the unique importance of a potential UFO visit, confirmation requires a high standard of evidence. Here are simple tips ...

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In 1994, students at Zimbabwe's Ariel School reported witnessing one of the most extraordinary UFO encounters ever documented. During morning recess, dozens of children claimed a strange craft landed ...