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Did an alien spacecraft just fly by Earth? That’s the question a lot of people, including Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, are asking right now. A massive interstellar object called ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Astronomers have begun a first-of-its-kind search for signs ...

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Scientists are working on an accurate way of calculating the probability of finding alien life elsewhere in the universe. Astrophysicists have developed a theoretical model that could be used to ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just days away from coming as close to Earth as it will ever get. Here's how you can track ...

The best time to view the Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere is from March to September. The Milky Way, our home galaxy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?