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extraterrestrial

[ek-struh-tuh-res-tree-uhl] / ˌɛk strə təˈrɛs tri əl /


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That kind of global spending sounds good but what about extraterrestrial spending?

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

“We do have some very anomalous objects,” he said, adding that the office, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, hasn’t yet discovered verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

US President Donald Trump says he will direct US agencies, including the defence department, to "begin the process of identifying and releasing" government files on aliens and extraterrestrial life.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

This shift in thinking could expand how scientists search for extraterrestrial life.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Thus according to the common-sense view the science of extraterrestrial beings, if they exist and if they are intelligent, must, where it overlaps with our science, agree with it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton