The third factor is the probability of a lifeless planet producing the observed signal—an equally serious challenge, researchers now realize, that’s tangled up in the problem of unconceived abiotic alternatives. “That’s the probability that we argue you can’t fill in responsibly,” Vickers said. “It could almost range from anything from zero to 1.” Consider the … Read more
But what, then, were those programs? Herein lies the most intriguing—and potentially ground-breaking—question that the Pentagon study leaves us wondering: What exactly are the secret compartmentalized programs that the whistleblowers and government witnesses misidentified as being related to UAP technology? What, exactly, are the Pentagon, intelligence community, or defense contractors working on that, from a … Read more
A recent SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) effort focused on a famous supernova from 1987, working under the premise that aliens might use such events to draw attention to themselves with synchronized beacons. Although this hunt came up short, it lays the groundwork for future searches using the same innovative strategy. Denis Villeneuve Had a … Read more
We already knew the world of Alien was returning both on TV and at the movies. But now, it’s returning to the world of comics too, in a very unexpected way. Marvel just announced that Aliens, James Cameron’s 1986 sequel, is getting a five-issue “What If…?” spin-off focusing on Carter Burke, the evil company man … Read more
Image: Gallery 1988 In the world of pop culture art, sometimes you find artists whose style you love. Other times you find artists who share the same passion about certain properties. Then, on a few rare occassions, you find artists that check both boxes and you instantly know, “This is going to be a problem … Read more
Across the 75 years since something—something—crashed outside Roswell in early July 1947, the very name itself has taken on a life of its own: Today, it’s shorthand for UFOs, extraterrestrials, and a vast government conspiracy, perhaps even where the very idea of the deep state itself was born. The city of 50,000 in southeastern New … Read more
No matter what you thought of The X-Files’ recent revival (we had, uh, mixed feelings), the truth (is out there) that it remains one of the best-loved sci-fi series ever. In 2020, io9 got a chance to spotlight Paul Terry’s wonderfully creative The X-Files: The Official Archives—and today, on X-Files creator Christ Carter’s birthday, no … Read more
Whereas sci-fi has steadily explored fears of outsiders perceived as threats, there’s room for a extra lighthearted tackle aliens as properly. That’s rarer, however not unprecedented, no less than on tv. In Futurama, Zoidberg turned the alien at Roswell, the place he annoys and horrifies his captors however enjoys assembly new individuals, and in Star … Read more
Scientists around the globe have turned their telescopes within the course of the Ursa Main constellation to stare upon a supernova found there final month. When one thing awesomely vivid and highly effective explodes, people are instinctively compelled to look. That is precisely what James R. A. Davenport and his workforce of collaborators had been … Read more
A doable UFO with flashing lights was filmed flying over a U.S. Marine base in California in 2021 and mystified witnesses, however the authorities claims it was a coaching train. Jeremy Corbell, who was the one civilian named throughout Congress’ historic listening to in Could 2022 on unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAPs), obtained footage and footage … Read more