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Global "Post-Detection Protocols" For Disclosing Alien Life Just Got Their First Major Update In 16 Years – "No Reply Should Be Sent"

Satellite antenna at a ground station.

Global "Post-Detection Protocols" For Disclosing Alien Life Just Got Their First Major Update In 16 Years – "No Reply Should Be Sent"

Satellite antenna at a ground station.

Global "Post-Detection Protocols" For Disclosing Alien Life Just Got Their First Major Update In 16 Years – "No Reply Should Be Sent"

Updated SETI protocols continue to prohibit any response to a detected extraterrestrial signal, until international consultations take place.

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How Astrology Went From Intellectual Respectability To Pseudoscience

A collage image showing a woman in a floral blouse - in black and white - looking the Earth, the moon and possibly Mars, the latter of which is red. There are lines linking these three celestial objects and between them is a yellow explanation mark and a question mark. These pieces have been set against a black stary background with the signs of the Zodiac projected over it.

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How Astrology Went From Intellectual Respectability To Pseudoscience

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AMOC Alarm: An Unusual "Cold Blob" In North Atlantic Suggests Major Ocean Current System Is Dwindling

The "cold blob" of water is found in the North Atlantic, just below Greenland, pictured here.

AMOC Alarm: An Unusual "Cold Blob" In North Atlantic Suggests Major Ocean Current System Is Dwindling

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The Ocean’s Mysterious Blue Holes Are Massive, Incredibly Deep, And Hiding Secrets We Barely Know Anything About

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"Nutritional Stress" And Heatwaves Driving 3.5 Percent Yearly Decline In Isolated Population Of False Killer Whales

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WASP-94A b: The Exoplanet Where Clouds Of Rock Form In The Morning And Vanish Every Night

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World's Most Elusive Baleen Whale Washes Up After Suspected Boat Strike In Singapore

An Omura’s whale subsurface lunge feeding

World's Most Elusive Baleen Whale Washes Up After Suspected Boat Strike In Singapore

The skeleton showed signs of broken bones likely caused by a boat strike.

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Evidence Earth’s Closest Exoplanets Have Enormous Magnetic Fields Revives Prospects For Life On Proxima b

The whispy clouds in this artist's impression of Proxima Centauri were dismissed as almost impossible for nine years, but now might be plausible after all.

Evidence Earth’s Closest Exoplanets Have Enormous Magnetic Fields Revives Prospects For Life On Proxima b

Just when it seemed the galaxy must be sterile for light-years around our home system, a new hope emerges.

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In 1852, Surveyors Found Mount Everest To Be Exactly 29,000 Feet. They Added 2 Extra Feet So People Would Believe Them

Mount Everest at sunset, with the peak glowing red.

In 1852, Surveyors Found Mount Everest To Be Exactly 29,000 Feet. They Added 2 Extra Feet So People Would Believe Them

The height of Mount Everest is more controversial than you might think. In 2020, it was found to have grown.

May 27, 2026

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An Unknown Object Passed Between Earth And A Star In The Large Magellanic Cloud, In An Event That Lasted An Hour

The Large Magellanic Cloud imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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An Unknown Object Passed Between Earth And A Star In The Large Magellanic Cloud, In An Event That Lasted An Hour

According to the team, "Phoebe" is five orders of magnitude more likely to be part of our own galaxy and may have formed in the first few seconds of our universe.

May 28, 2026

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