which are very short and very powerful blasts energy coming from deep in space. Possible explanations have included everything from black holes to alien technology. Researchers hope to be able to ...

The sequel to Alien: Romulus could be bringing back the franchise’s most famous character in an unexpected way, as Ellen Ripley is rumored to appear in the film. Industry insider Daniel Richtman ...

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Now overseeing a $25 billion budget, Isaacman faces the challenge of allocating resources wisely. Under his leadership, Nasa is expected to accelerate human exploration of the Moon and Mars, aligning ...

A decade ago humanity launched around 200 objects into space per year. Now we launch more than 2,600, with no prospects for slowing down. This rapid expansion of human activity in outer space has ...

Ridley Scott’s Alien is an awesome sci-fi horror movie that has been entertaining audiences since ... According to Scott, this theme of corporate greed manifested through Ash owed much to the legacy ...

A vast alien planet has blistering winds racing around its equator at nearly 30 times the speed of sound on Earth. Lisa Nortmann at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and her colleagues used ...

Jasmine Laws is a Live News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics, crime and global affairs. Jasmine joined Newsweek in 2024 from News UK and had ...

We first sent out radio signals into space around 120 years ago, so even if an intelligent alien was listening and immediately replied, they would have to be within 60 light years of Earth for us ...

Astronomers have captured light from a galaxy born 13 billion years ago. This discovery offers a glimpse into the universe’s infancy, unlocking secrets of galaxy formation. The ancient galaxy ...

20, 2023. Credit: NOAA As the Trump 2.0 administration begins to take shape, one of the questions orbiting in the beltway space community is whether President-elect Trump will retain the National ...