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I was trying to watch a TED Talk the other day — British mathematician Hannah Fry discussing ‘The Mathematics of Love’ — but ...

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In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of ...

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If humanity discovered an extraterrestrial civilization, could we actually communicate with them? Language, perception, and intelligence may be completely different from ours. This video explores the ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

At first glance, the Drake Equation looks like a hopeful scientific tool. In reality, it leads to disturbing possibilities about isolation, extinction, and survival. This breakdown explains the ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a rousing defense of scientific principles in his characteristic brash way during his Purdue Northwest Sinai Forum presentation Sunday. His talk gathered what PNW Sinai Forum ...

Sigourney Weaver has shared some new thoughts about why Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 never happened. Weaver played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien, which was released in 1979. She then went on to ...