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Are aliens real and is there life on other planets? Read the latest news and updates here from UFO sightings to theories on life in outer space.

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Pope 'hiding alien secrets in the Vatican', UFO campaigner claims

Weird August 14, 2024 By Brooke Davies

I travelled over 5,000 miles to look at the stars – here’s why my head’s not in the clouds

Travel August 1, 2024 By Chris Rickett

Aliens: Fireteam Elite key art

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 leaked in major Disney hack

Gaming July 15, 2024 By Adam Starkey

Alien invasion, illustration

Map reveals eight UFO hotspots around the world – is your country on the list?

Tech July 10, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Alien - or Starseed - Kelly on This Morning

Woman claiming to be ET reveals common illness she had before 'changing souls'

TV June 17, 2024 By Alistair McGeorge

Donald Trump & Logan Paul video. Sport | 13528453 Donald Trump reveals whether he believes in aliens - and opens up on discussions with 'handsome' fighter jet pilots who claim to have seen UFOs

Trump says he's had official discussions on aliens and UFOs - and reveals if he believes

US June 15, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

Pentagon engineer reveals mesmerising encounter with glowing blue UFO

Tech June 14, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Aliens creature in the forest

Intelligent 'alien dinosaurs' could be hiding underground, Harvard scientists reckon

Tech June 11, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

UFO concept. Glowing orbs, floating above a misty road at night. With a silhouetted figure looking at the lights.

UK’s top UFO expert shares one major fallout from finding aliens

Tech June 4, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

Government plans for finding alien life

Tech June 2, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

A science fiction concept of a man with a torch looking at an alien UFO. Floating above a field on a spooky foggy night in the countryside.

Where are they all? Seven reasons we still haven't found aliens

Tech May 27, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

*EMBARGOED UNTIL 3PM BST THURSDAY 23rd MAY (10AM EDT)* Gliese 12 b. New planet discovered by University of Warwick scientists which could potentially support human life ? if we could get there. Scientists from the University of Warwick have helped discover a new planet which could support human life ? only a short 40 light years away. The planet, named Gliese 12 b, has an estimated surface temperature of around 42 degrees Celsius, and is one of the few known planets where humans could theoretically survive. Scientists are still unsure of what ? if any - the atmosphere of Gliese 12 b looks like. The planet orbits its version of the Sun every 12.8 days and is a similar size to Venus.

'Earth 2.0' could support human life – or aliens

Tech May 24, 2024 By Ed Chatterton

Dyson sphere. Alien mega structure around a star.

Mysterious objects in space could be proof of alien life

Tech May 15, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

May 13: Strange blue cloud spotted in Boston Reddit

Mystery blue orb spotted hanging low over city

Weird May 13, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

From a NOIRLab press release, for which this image was commissioned: 'Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the Gemini South telescope, operated by NSF's NOIRLab, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy a star. Unlike most GRBs, which are caused by exploding massive stars or the chance mergers of neutron stars, astronomers have concluded that this GRB came instead from the collision of stars or stellar remnants in the jam-packed environment surrounding a supermassive black hole at the core of an ancient galaxy.' This image depicts the event taking place on the outskirts of the black hole's accretion disc

Humans will evacuate from Earth within decades, Harvard professor predicts

Tech April 29, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

Did locals of a tiny town bury a 'Martian' who crash-landed nearly 130 years ago?

Tech August 28, 2024 By Josh Milton

Jellyfish

Forget little green men – aliens could be a very different colour

Tech April 22, 2024 By Hiyah Zaidi

Extrasolar planet. Stone Planet with moon on background nebula.

We may have found a new telltale sign of alien life

Tech May 16, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

People are convinced chilling Netflix series reveals the truth behind alien life

TV April 12, 2024 By Meghna Amin

So, we find aliens. What happens next?

Tech August 28, 2024 By Ollie Cole