Earlier this morning, many Eastern Seaboard residents had awoken early in hopes of seeing a “light show” courtesy of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. But with the space agency postponing the rocket launch that was supposed to facilitate this impressive predawn display, residents were left disappointed, having to wait one more…
August 15 will mark 40 years since the now famous “Wow!” signal, the first definitive — and as yet unexplained — detected transmission from outer space, was received by a SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) listening post. And after those 40 years, not only can it not be explained, but…
The odd star located in the Cygnus constellation known as Tabby’s Star — the one that could be host to an “alien megastructure” — has begun to dim again and a “call to action” has been sent out by the star’s namesake herself, astronomer Tabetha Boyajian. Both she and Jason…
A Georgia scientist believes he has figured out how to detect alien civilizations — especially advanced civilizations with the capability of building massive energy-absorbing megastructures around stellar objects. In fact, he says that current technology would suffice in searching out nearby (relatively speaking) stellar bodies for these alien megastructures. Still,…
NASA (National Space and Aeronautics Administration) has detected an artificial barrier — a protective belt, as it were — encircling the Earth in a defensive shield, scientists say. The barrier is an inadvertent layer in addition to the Van Allen electromagnetic belts and appears to act in the same fashion…
The multiverse theory has long been a subject of fascination for a huge number of scientists and science enthusiasts. In fact, the concept of a parallel universe has been portrayed in countless science fiction films and novels. In the scientific community, however, the notion that there are other universes existing…
A habitable planet orbiting in a binary star system like the desert planet Tatooine in the science fiction adventure film Star Wars could actually exist, a new study reveals. In fact, an Earth-sized planet with two parent stars could very well be habitable if it orbits at just the right…
Although no definitive proof of life on Mars has as yet been detected, research into the idea that the Red Planet may have once hosted life (and still might do so in the form of subterranean organisms) is ever ongoing. New research is now suggesting that volcanic activity on ancient…
In the never-ending quest to discover that Earth is not a lone producer of life in the universe, scientists have found that the sixth largest moon of Saturn, Enceladus, holds the potential to sustain living organisms, much the same way that hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean sustain an ecosystem….
In dramatic footage of the moment, the unnamed woman in San Diego is chatting away to a friend on camera when she suddenly trails off. Behind her a massive flash of blue light streaks through the sky, just visible above her head. The woman catches sight of the mystery flash…
