The study reviews what astronomers could learn if there’s “no life detected” in future exoplanet surveys, relying on a “Bayesian” statistical analysis to establish the minimum number of ...

The tagline from the TV show The X-Files was, “The truth is out there.” The suggestion was that we can find answers to our questions about paranormal phenomenon if we look hard enough.

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On these expeditions, the visitors from far away generally have done nothing more dangerous than scare some cows and freak out a few farmers who looked up into the sky at the wrong time.

What would be the goal, at this point, of shutting out the scientific community. The information, technology and — importantly — wealth incentives here seem overwhelming. Returning to the issue of ...

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In 1998, an unknown country tune played in the background of a bar scene in ’The X-Files’—and ignited a decades-long search for the music’s authors. The beloved ’90s-era sci-fi series ...

If the Daily Beast’s reporting is anything to go by, it turns out that the Democratic representative from New York’s 16th congressional district is either an X-phile himself or (and ...

“The truth is out there,” the show’s tagline said, and my generation nodded along. Yes, it was out there, and it wasn’t the official line we were being fed by our parents, our teachers and ...

And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis ... The study reviews what astronomers could learn if there’s “no life detected ...