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A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the Trump administration to ...

A controversial Harvard University cosmologist who has suggested alien lifeforms could be sailing into the solar system disguised as meteors is leading the Trump administration’ ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

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A lot of the alien races in the Star Trek universe are humanoid, and the original series explained that fact way back in the ...

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12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...