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Scientists propose new way to find aliens — and we may already have a spacecraft that can help

May 15, 2026
Researchers may have just revealed a new way of looking for alien life — it’s based on the idea that it isn’t just the type of biosignatures that are important, but also how they are organized. “Our approach could help make the search for life more efficient. If a molecular assemblage shows no life-like organization, that may make it a lower priority target,” Fabian Klenner of the…
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Cost estimate for 'Golden Dome' missile defense system balloons to $1.2 trillion

May 14, 2026
President Trump’s Golden Dome may end up being quite a bit more expensive than originally thought. A new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates it will cost about $1.2 trillion to deploy the Golden Dome missile defense system and operate it for 20 years. That’s more than double the CBO estimate from last year, which was $542 billion, and about seven times higher…
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SpaceX fuels up Starship V3 megarocket for 1st time ahead of crucial test flight (photos)

May 13, 2026
SpaceX has fueled up the new variant of its Starship megarocket for the first time ever, preparing for a crucial test flight that could launch in less than a week. The company assembled a Starship Version 3 (V3) vehicle for the first time over the weekend, stacking a Ship upper stage atop a Super Heavy first-stage booster at its Starbase site in South Texas. That set a new record for the world’s…
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Does Dante's Inferno from the 14th century depict an asteroid impact?

May 12, 2026
Dante’s famous 14th century epic poem, “Inferno,” which is the first part of the Italian writer’s “Divine Comedy,” represents the first time a giant impact of a massive object falling from the heavens was envisaged, according to an expert in the specialized field of geomythology. In the poem, the massive object in question is the Devil himself, Lucifer, who fell onto the Earth after…
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