KOBE - Astronomers in Japan have recently launched what they say is the country's first organization dedicated to the search for alien life, with radio observations planned in the summer next year.

NASA's Kepler space telescope uses small dips in a star's brightness to detect planets passing in front of the star. Each planet will leave a distinctive light signature. Alex Teachey/Columbia ...

A Ukrainian preprint reports more than 20 objects near the Moon, but missing distance data, independent confirmation and peer review weaken its alien-base conclusion.

Are dozens of interstellar objects coming to Earth from 3I/ATLAS? Social media fuels alien speculation. Pixabay 3I/Atlas might have flown by Earth with its closest approach, but it is still doing ...

A statue resembling an alien in Iinomachi district in Fukushima. Japan has a reputation of being a hotbed of UFO sightings. -- Photo: X/info_ufo KOBE (Bernama-Kyodo): Astronomers in Japan have ...

Abraham ‘Avi’ Loeb, a Harvard University astrophysicist, spends most of his waking hours thinking about a giant rock. The rock’s name isn’t too catchy, 3I/ATLAS, and according to some, it’s more of a ...

Shinya Narusawa (second from left) and others announce the launch of the Japanese Society for SETI, in Kobe, April 8, 2026. (Kyodo) KOBE (Kyodo) -- Astronomers in Japan have recently launched what ...

Photo shows Misato Observatory in Kimino, Wakayama Prefacture, western Japan. Photo courtesy of Misato Observatory. Credit: Kyodo KOBE, May 3 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Astronomers in Japan have recently ...