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Pentagon’s new 64-file UFO dump includes orbs, astronauts, and Lake Huron mystery
The Pentagon on Friday drops its second batch of unsealed UFO files as promised – a 64-file tranche likely to keep the public enthralled over the three-day Memorial Day weekend, drumming up new theories and conspiracy claims about what the materials actually reveal.
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Extinct antelope to be resurrected 226 years after European settlers wiped it out
The bluebuck, an antelope with a silvery slate-blue coat and striking horns, inhabited the coastal grasslands of South Africa's southwestern Cape region until European settlers hunted it to extinction in around 1800. A US company now plans to resurrect the bluebuck as part of its de-extinction efforts.
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The credibility conundrum: why your uncle’s UFO sighting might beat a Pentagon leak
The government has been tracking UFOs for 80 years. Your uncle has been tracking them for one night. One of them has nothing to lose by telling the truth.
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NASA launches four astronauts on world's first crewed moon mission in over 50 years
NASA has launched Artemis II, sending four astronauts on the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years as the US pushes to return humans to the moon before China.
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NASA to launch first crewed moon mission in over 50 years Wednesday
NASA is preparing to send astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, as the US ramps up its Artemis program and races China to return humans to the lunar surface.
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UFO panic, fireballs, and screaming at telescopes – the strangest space news this week
The Cosmic Report brings you this week’s weirdest space moments, from a meteorite smashing through a Houston roof to a potato causing UFO panic on the ISS, plus NASA’s $4 billion telescope surviving a literal sonic assault.
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China approves world’s first brain-computer to restore hand movement
China's drug regulator said on Friday that it has given the nod for a brain-computer interface (BCI) system that helps restore hand-movement ability to be sold, the world's first approval of a BCI device for commercial use.
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Sonic hedgehogs? Why ultrasound could be key to saving species from the modern world
New research suggests that ultrasound devices may help reduce the incidents of hedgehog deaths by cars and robot lawnmowers – and might even help us learn more about how they communicate with each other.
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Musk: SpaceX plans "self-growing" Moon city within 10 years
Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "self‑growing city" on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years.
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The Cosmic Report – weekly UAP and space news – farfetched folklore
This week’s Cosmic Report tracks the latest in space and UAP news, from NASA’s AI-driven discoveries to resurfacing UFO claims involving astronauts, classified footage, and congressional oversight.
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One ape attended “a tea party” and proved they have an imagination
The party attendees included a few US scientists and Kanzi – a 43-year-old bonobo, a species of great ape. One sip led to another, and a remarkable scientific discovery was made.
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Elon Musk eyes Kardashev II-level civilization for Earth. What is it?
As debates over energy, AI, and space-based infrastructure intensify, the Kardashev scale has moved from theory into a vision, sharpened by Elon Musk’s latest SpaceX proposal.
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The Cosmic Report: in close proximity
The theme this week is proximity - whether an alien / UFO sighting from the Brazilian archives, NASA returning to the moon again, or the beginning of time itself – sometimes the closest things are the most extraordinary.
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Starlink in Europe – US satellites, EU security, and space sovereignty
Down on Earth, countries are busy arguing over borders and trade deals. However, in the skies above, a different kind of territorial game is quietly unfolding. Europe’s reliance on Starlink shows that control over space infrastructure may soon matter as much as control over land.
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The Cosmic Report: The X Files - a weekly space round-up
From moon hotels and billionaire space tourism to SETI’s 21-year search for alien technosignatures, and a censored UFO incident in 1970s Seoul, this week’s Cosmic Report explores where space ambition, mystery, and skepticism collide.
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The Cosmic Report: a weekly UAP and space news digest
From final screams to orbital service stations – it has been a week of cosmic contradictions. In this week’s UAP (UFO) and space news digest, here’s what moved the needle.
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The best space images of 2025, from cosmic spiders to interstellar comets
2025 was a colossal year for space photography. Here are the shots that defined the cosmos.
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Astronomers catch a black hole “UFO” in real time – a first-of-its-kind cosmic event
Astronomers have observed an ultrafast outflow (UFO) forming immediately after a black hole for the first time in human history. The outflow reached 19% of the speed of light, revealing extreme physics unfolding on a human timescale.
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First human mission to Mars urged to make search for life a priority
The search for past or present life on Mars should be the top priority for the first human mission to the Red Planet, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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New images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveal twin tails ahead of December flyby
Invigorating new images have been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and Juice (or Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) of the resplendent light of 3I/ATLAS, setting the stage for its closest approach to Earth on December 19th.
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