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Scientists Just Discovered the Origins of Oxygen in the Universe

A team of researchers just confirmed the presence of oxygen in a galaxy 13.1 billion light years away—the furthest oxygen has ever been detected. Their findings suggest that this may have been the first oxygen to form in the early universe. Hailing from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and a number of Japanese universities,…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra Jun 16

New Calculation Shows We’ll Make Contact With Aliens in About 1,500 Years

The disturbing Fermi Paradox suggests we should have made contact with an extraterrestrial civilization by now, yet we haven’t. By applying a 500-year-old philosophical principle, a Cornell University researcher has shown that the Great Silence is not unexpected—we just need to give it more time. In a new study that will be presented at an…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Jun 15

King Tut Had a Space Dagger

Tutankhamun, the boy king of ancient Egypt who died at 18 and later exploded inside his own sarcophagus, apparently owned—and was buried with—a literal space dagger made from meteoric iron. Researchers from Milan Polytechnic, Pisa University, and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo used a X-ray fluorescence spectrometry to determine the composition of the knife without…

Tech News Avery Ellis May 31

Here’s Your Chance to Help Astronomers Discover an Alien Megastructure

Has an advanced alien civilization built a mind-boggling megastructure around the distant star KIC 8462852? It’s extremely unlikely, but astronomers promised to get to the bottom of the cosmic mystery, and they need our help. More specifically, they need our money. In order to figure out why KIC 8452852 flickers and fades at irregular intervals—unprecedented…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone May 18

The UFO Circling the Earth Really Is a Weather Balloon This Time

This is what NASA’s super pressure balloon looks like on the ground. And this—pictured below—is what it looks like floating in the air at night. Perhaps you’ve already spotted the problem. NASA just launched the latest version of its 18-million-cubic-foot super pressure balloon late last night. It’s an updated version of a similar stratosphere-monitoring balloon…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra May 17

This Tiny Star Is Now the Best Place to Hunt for Alien Life

In a few years, powerful new telescopes will usher in a search for habitable worlds outside our solar system. And TRAPPIST-1—a dim, tepid star just a smidge larger than Jupiter—is one of the first places we’ll look. It’s only forty light years away, and it’s home to several promising, Earth-sized exoplanets. Three siblings, described today…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone May 2

Watch a Mysterious Green Object Soar Over Southern California

Countless people reported seeing a strange green orb tear across the southern California sky last night. And as shown in a recent YouTube upload—complete with a perfect soundtrack—it looked spectacular. Some concluded aliens were behind the impromptu light show, the above dash cam footage shows the source is almost surely a meteor. This explanation seems…

Space & Spaceflight Darren Orf Apr 27

A New Kind of Marine Battles the Xenomorphs in Aliens: Defiance

Today might be “Alien Day” in recognition of the scifi horror classic, but it’s actually tomorrow that a fascinating new layer of this universe gets uncovered in the new comic Aliens: Defiance. Set nearly two decades after the events of the first movie, Defiance follows a Colonial Marine named Zula Hendricks and a group of…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Apr 26

Stephen Hawking and a Russian Billionaire Want to Build an Interstellar Starship

Last year, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence got a major boost when Russian billionaire Yuri Milner unveiled a $100 million effort to scan the skies for radio and light signals emitted by aliens. Not content to simply sit tight and wait for ET to hail us, Milner now plans to build interstellar spacecraft. Yes, you…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Apr 12

The Best Part of Syfy’s Hunters Is its Bloodthirsty Alien Hero

Hunters is Syfy’s new show about elite agents who chase down mysterious sleeper cells that have infiltrated everyday American communities—with a twist: the terrorists are aliens. The show debuts tonight, and we’ve seen the first two episodes. Here’s our mostly spoiler-free review. Hunters may not have a particularly recognizable cast—aside from Julian McMahon (Childhood’s End)…

Television Cheryl Eddy Apr 11

The Strange New Place Astronomers Are Hunting For Alien Life

For more than fifty years, astronomers have pointed radio receivers to the sky and listened for signs of intelligent life—mostly, around stars like our own. Since that doesn’t seem to be working out so well, a team of SETI researchers is now proposing something radically different: scanning the oldest and dimmest stars in the galaxy.…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Apr 4

This Is How We Could Hide Our Planet From Bloodthirsty Aliens

Humans have long dreamed of discovering intelligent life beyond Earth. But truth is, we have no way of knowing if an alien civilization would be friendly or hostile. Should we have the rotten luck of discovering the Borg, we’ll need to get our collective asses into hiding quickly—and a team of astronomers thinks they know…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Mar 31

Why the Producer of The Walking Dead Is Making Her Most Political Show Yet

Gale Anne Hurd became famous for producing movies like The Terminator, Aliens, and Armageddon. But these days, she’s better known as the producer of The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. Now, she’s producing Hunters for Syfy, and she told us why it’s her most political show yet. Hunters is adapted from Whitley Strieber’s…

Television Cheryl Eddy Mar 30

Hell Yes Reebok Is Releasing Ripley’s High Top Sneakers From Aliens

Not to be outdone by Nike’s shameless cashing in on the prop sneakers it created for Back to the Future II, Reebok is releasing the high-top alien-stomping sneakers that Sigourney Weaver wore in Aliens. They’re available April 26. The release is timed to coincide with the upcoming ‘Alien Day’ celebrations being held on April 26,…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Mar 30

Here’s a Much Closer Look at Syfy’s New Alien Terrorist Show, Hunters

Syfy’s been on a roll lately with the book adaptations—especially The Expanse. Next month, the cable channel is rolling out a TV show based on Whitley Strieber’s Alien Hunter books, called Hunters. And here’s a much closer look, thanks to some high-res photos, exclusively at io9. Hunters has a pretty neat pedigree: Not only is…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 11

Syfy’s Alien Conspiracy Thriller Hunters Looks Suitably Insane and Paranoid

A new recruit joins a top-secret organization devoted to taking down extraterrestrial terrorists in Hunters, Syfy’s new series based on Whitley Strieber’s novel Alien Hunter. These promos suggest plenty of scifi action, though perhaps also a bit of heavy-handedness with the whole “terrorism” metaphor. Our interest is piqued. Hunters kicks off April 11 on Syfy.…

Television Cheryl Eddy Mar 7

No Man’s Sky Just Got Even Cooler, Now That We’ve Seen Its Aliens

For the past several years, the video game community has been salivating over No Man’s Sky, a space exploration game by Hello Games. Now at last, the game is being released on June 21. At an event in Los Angeles, we experienced about 30 minutes of gameplay—and discovered that some of the game’s planets are…

io9 Germain Lussier Mar 3

The Surprisingly Obvious Way We Could Hunt for Alien Life

A team of astronomers is proposing a new way to hunt for intelligent life that sounds rather obvious when you think about it: We need to be the aliens. Or at least, we need to put ourselves in their shoes and think about where in the sky they can see us. Finding other beings like…

Tech News Maddie Stone Mar 1

We Need to Talk About That X-Files Finale

Last night, the X-Files revival ended after six episodes that went by all too quickly, leaving us with fond memories of a certain Were-Monster and Mulder getting high as balls … and some extremely confused and unresolved feelings, especially after that head-scratcher of a finale. We need to talk, you guys, because WTF? Obviously, this…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Feb 23

China’s Giant ‘Alien-Hunting’ Telescope Comes With a Human Cost

China is building the biggest radio telescope on Earth. And the country is displacing over 9,000 people to do it. As headlines like “China uproots 9,000 people for huge telescope in search for aliens” suggest, people are justifiably upset about. It’s especially egregious, considering that these folks are being paid a laughable pittance to move:…

Space & Spaceflight Bryan Lufkin Feb 16

Scientists Just Discovered the Origins of Oxygen in the Universe

New Calculation Shows We’ll Make Contact With Aliens in About 1,500 Years

King Tut Had a Space Dagger

Here’s Your Chance to Help Astronomers Discover an Alien Megastructure

The UFO Circling the Earth Really Is a Weather Balloon This Time

This Tiny Star Is Now the Best Place to Hunt for Alien Life

Watch a Mysterious Green Object Soar Over Southern California

A New Kind of Marine Battles the Xenomorphs in Aliens: Defiance

Stephen Hawking and a Russian Billionaire Want to Build an Interstellar Starship

The Best Part of Syfy’s Hunters Is its Bloodthirsty Alien Hero

The Strange New Place Astronomers Are Hunting For Alien Life

This Is How We Could Hide Our Planet From Bloodthirsty Aliens

Why the Producer of The Walking Dead Is Making Her Most Political Show Yet

Hell Yes Reebok Is Releasing Ripley’s High Top Sneakers From Aliens

Here’s a Much Closer Look at Syfy’s New Alien Terrorist Show, Hunters

Syfy’s Alien Conspiracy Thriller Hunters Looks Suitably Insane and Paranoid

No Man’s Sky Just Got Even Cooler, Now That We’ve Seen Its Aliens

The Surprisingly Obvious Way We Could Hunt for Alien Life

We Need to Talk About That X-Files Finale

China’s Giant ‘Alien-Hunting’ Telescope Comes With a Human Cost

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