The Hubble Space Telescope has made multiple observations of exoplanet WASP-121 b, also known as Tylos. The extreme ...

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Steven Spielberg's latest film, starring Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor, is now in theaters.

Steven Spielberg's latest film "Disclosure Day" isn't "E.T." or "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." But it is thrilling, and Emily Blunt is great.

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As Steven Spielberg releases a new film on extraterrestrials, here's a brief history of modern alien conspiracies and why scientists are now taking UFO reports seriously. Amid all the unanswered ...

Are humans alone in the universe? The answer is more complicated than science fiction might suggest. Scientists have discovered billions upon billions of potentially habitable planets. But if life is ...

Anticipation. Rumors. Anxiously scanning the horizon, hoping that a brilliant force will leave the masses forever changed. Yes, a new Steven Spielberg movie about close encounters with ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest hints yet" of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...