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 ET, Phone Rome: 
 Vatican Holds 
 Alien Conference 

Astrobiology experts ponder big picture

Nov 11, 09 2:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe and if so, is it Christian? Those and other weighty questions are up for discussion this week at a Vatican conference on astrobiology. Religious leaders and a range of scientists—including some non-Catholics—have been called in to discuss the possibility of... More »

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astronomy • Catholic Church • Vatican • extraterrestrial life • aliens • Catholicism • outer space • theology

TV Review

 V's Great, If You 
 Like Aliens, Politics 

Obama parallels and standard plot bother some critics

Nov 3, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Most critics agree that ABC’s much-hyped alien drama V is a well-made show with good acting. But does this remake of the 1983 miniseries feel original? Is it a conservative screed? Here’s what they’re saying:
  • Who cares if V is believable (it’s not)?
... More »

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television • ABC • aliens • science fiction • television review

 Google Doodles
Latest Wells Tribute 

Crop circles, UFOs, invaders on logo honor British science fiction pioneer

Sep 22, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google has confirmed what many had guessed—that its mysterious UFO-themed logos this month were a tribute to British science fiction writer HG Wells, the Telegraph reports. The latest logo, which features the Martian fighting machines from War of the Worlds, takes Googlers to a list of search results for... More »

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Google • UFO • aliens • science fiction • HG Wells

 Google's New 
 UFO Mystery Solved 

Somebody's obsessed with HG Wells

Sep 16, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google has apparently been abducted by aliens. The search engine sent Twitterers on an extraterrestrial mystery hunt this week after Tweeting map coordinates and posting "Google" written in crop circles as its ever-changing Internet logo. The coordinates led to the English town of Woking, which was the landing site... More »

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Google • UFO • extraterrestrial life • aliens • ET • Twitter • outer space • tweet • HG Wells • War of the Worlds

MOVIE REVIEW

 District 9 Is 'Magnificent Trash'


Aug 14, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The aliens are despised outsiders stranded in post-apartheid South Africa in District 9, a film whose mix of social commentary and blood-spattered B-movie standards makes it the sci-fi movie of the year, say critics.
  • Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: The movie is "a scathing social satire hidden inside
... More »

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Peter Jackson • movie review • aliens • science fiction • Jay-ZTV • district9 • Neill Blomkamp

(Newser) - The conspiracy theory that the first black president is an alien and not an American citizen is bizarrely growing a full head of steam and spitting out a wacky cast of characters, notes Eric Etheridge in the New York Times. The fact that Barack Obama has a Hawaiian birth... More »

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Barack Obama • aliens • conspiracy • Lou Dobbs • right wingers • Liz Cheney • birth certificate • birther

Interview

Aliens May Be Watching
Our Soaps: Expert 



Life 'definitely' out there, expert says, but very hard to find

Jun 13, 09 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aliens are out there, and they may be watching Survivor, says a premier scientist searching for extraterrestrial life. “We are definitely not alone,” SETI project founder Frank Drake tells Der Spiegel. He worries about TV radio transmitters shooting human entertainment into space, greeting... More »

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entertainment • television • extraterrestrial life • aliens • SETI



 UFO Saved Earth 
 in Suicide Mission: 
 Russian Scientist 

He points to mysterious crystals as proof

May 27, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alien spacecraft crashed into a giant meteor 100 years ago to stop it from hitting Earth, according to a Russian scientist. Most scientists say an exploding meteorite caused 1908’s Tunguska event, which flattened 80 million trees across 100 miles. But researcher Yuri Labvin says crystals found in sparsely populated... More »

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Russia • Siberia • space • UFO • aliens • meteor • Yuri Labvin

(Newser) - UFO watchers are speculating online that a NASA image of a Martian landscape may show an alien skull, reports the Telegraph. "There appears to be a narrow pointed small mouth, so this creature most likely is a carnivore," noted one. An image that looked surprisingly like a skull... More »

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NASA • Mars • extraterrestrial life • aliens • Martian • outer space

Immigrant Busted Clinging to 186 mph Eurostar

Cops aren't saying how he did it

Apr 27, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - An illegal immigrant was nabbed in England clinging to the outside of a Eurostar rail car, reports the Independent. The trains reach speeds of 186 mph. The train originated in Brussels and traveled through France. Police provided no details on how the man survived the risky journey. Immigrants sneaking into... More »

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immigration • Belgium • London • France • England • aliens • Brussels • Eurostar • Britain

(Newser) - "If aliens exist, they may be living right next door..." No, it's not a writer pitching a television pilot, but the premise of a scientific theory called the "shadow biosphere," New Scientist reports. Some astrobiologists say that life forms may have originated on Earth after... More »

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aliens • molecules • biochemistry

 Alien Life 
 'Inevitable': 
 Astronomer 

Countless Earth-like planets likely in universe

Feb 15, 09 12:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientists now believe there could be as many habitable planets in the cosmos as there are stars, and that makes life’s existence elsewhere “inevitable” over billions of years, says one. “It is sort of like running an experiment in your refrigerator—turn it off and something will... More »

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NASA • planet • Earth • extraterrestrial life • aliens • universe • Kepler spacecraft

 Love the Paranormal? 
 That's Just Anxiety 

Stressed out people may turn toward
the supernatural

Oct 26, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not everyone believes in alien abductions, but plenty of people say they have seen ghosts or heard voices from the beyond. Poll results show that 90% of Americans have had a paranormal experience—a statistic that scientists increasingly blame on our tricky brains. Anxiety over modern society or any perceived... More »

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 'Black Mailbox' a Mecca
 for UFO Believers

For many, the search for extra-terrestrial life centers on a farming couple's mailbox

Aug 21, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A faded, handmade mailbox on a lonely stretch of Nevada highway has become an unlikely tourist attraction, the Los Angeles Times reports. The "Black Mailbox," belonging to a nearby ranching couple, has become a magnet for UFO believers who suspect it is a postbox for extraterrestrials. Some spend... More »

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UFO • aliens • Nevada • Area 51

 Astronaut Reports Alien Visits

Apollo Moon walker Mitchell says US covered up close encounters

Jul 25, 08 3:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission, says aliens have visited Earth but the information has been covered up by the government. The 77-year-old astronaut told a radio interviewer he was "privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited,... More »

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NASA • aliens • UFOs • Apollo 14 • moon walk • Alan Shepard

 Discoveries
 Boost Hope
 for Alien Life 

New forms of extreme bacteria fuel hope for extraterrestrial life

Jul 20, 08 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Humans have always wondered about the possibility of alien life somewhere out there. And while scientists seem to agree that the discovery of extraterrestrials will not happen soon, growing numbers are convinced it will happen. The search is being fueled in part by recent discoveries of strange new life forms... More »

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NASA • space • bacteria • extraterrestrial life • aliens • astrophysics • extrasolar planets • Mars rover

 Earth Hits Cosmic Pitch 

Cacophonous radiation beamed from planet could easily be intercepted by aliens

Jul 1, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Earth’s atmosphere produces a natural sound and beams it off into the universe, Space.com reports. The sound—a painful series of chirps and whistles—is made by the collision of charged particles from the solar wind with Earth’s magnetic field. More »

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radio • space • Earth • sound • aliens • solar system • radiation • solar wind

 New Telescope Joins Alien Hunt 

Low-frequency array checks for nearby ETs

Jun 11, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - If ET is within a hop, skip, and a solar system, a shiny new European telescope might just turn him up, Space.com reports. Made up of up to 25,000 antennae scattered throughout Europe, the LOFAR, or Low Frequency Array, will be able to scan light signals overlooked by... More »

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telescope • deep space • extraterrestrial life • aliens

 Best Small-Screen
 Frightfests Ever 

EW lists its top 16, from Twilight Zone to X-Files

Jun 9, 08 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Who says the small screen can't scare up big fear? NBC’s new horror anthology, Fear Itself, has sparked Entertainment Weekly to list its top TV scare-fests of all time:
  1. The Twilight Zone: The geography may be fuzzy (fifth dimension? parallel universe?) but fright fans have memorized every
... More »

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television • NBC • aliens • horror • television watching

Spacey Colorado Man Captures 'Alien' On Video

Film of 'less wrinkly ET' to be aired today

May 30, 08 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Denver man claims to have film of an alien peering through a window, and plans to show it to the media today, the Denver Post reports. The closely encountered alien is said to be 4 feet tall and appears "innocent, benevolent, youthful" and less "wrinkly" than ET... More »

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Denver • UFO • extraterrestrial life • aliens • Colorado

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