For generations, humanity has stared into the velvet abyss of the night sky, asking the same existential question: are we truly alone? In just a few days, that query may finally move from the realms ...
A team of astronomers found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it is an extraterrestrial spaceship. The comet was confirmed in July 2025 as the third known object to enter our solar ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
The site was going to play a crucial role in defending Britain if nuclear war ever broke out AN abandoned RAF site dubbed Britain’s ‘Area 51’ is a magnet for UFO hunters, urban explorers and ...
Scientists studying the inner Solar System have identified several environments that could, in theory, support microbial life. Worlds once considered barren—like Mars or Venus’s cloud layers—now show ...
An extraterrestrial expert suggests that an interstellar object, which appears to be an "alien ship" with a "complex jet structure" and a "glowing halo" is currently passing by the sun. The enigmatic ...
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has argued at length that 3I/ATLAS — the third-ever interstellar object ever detected, currently screaming through the solar system at incredible speed — could be an ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
A rare interstellar comet reaches its closest point to the sun on Wednesday and Thursday — and it's exciting astronomers around the world. Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third confirmed interstellar ...
New images reveal the Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has started to sport a tail, indicating that it could possibly be a “maneuvering” alien craft, one Harvard scientist suggested. After ...
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to reach its perihelion, or the closest point to the Sun in its highly eccentric path through our solar system, on October 29. Earlier this week, it reached ...