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The Galactic Laboratory

We often contemplate future civilizations focusing on science and exploration, but what would such a culture really be like, ...
Not even an asteroid blast could kill it.
Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...
"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.
A Russian FPV drone was destroyed after an encounter with a weird new Ukrainian weapon. Is this a high-powered laser or ...
Romulus director Fede Álvarez decided not to helm the planned sequel after a creative clash with Ridley Scott over Prometheus connective tissue.
Theoretically, it’s impossible for us to perceive a 4D creature. That is, unless it broke into our three-dimensional reality.
The robots are here. What can Isaac Asimov's Three Laws teach us about what comes next?
For decades, insiders and whistleblowers have claimed that beneath the Archuleta Mesa in New Mexico lies a multi-level facility where humans and non-human entities work side by side. Some allege a ...
The future of the Alien franchise might have taken a very different turn if one filmmaker had gotten his way. A new rumor suggests that Fede Álvarez originally had a major idea for the sequel to Alien ...
What: SETI Institute Artists-in-Residence present Exoplanetary Poetry, an art-science collaboration that trains artificial intelligence on exoplanet atmospheric chemi ...