alien
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The object, known as 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar visitor ever detected, and scientists are now uncovering clues about the alien environment where it formed.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
They did not hold any serious bombshells - nor any confirmation of alien life - but it marked the latest clear acknowledgement by the US government that it has investigated sightings of unidentified objects.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
But that happiness has been accompanied by hard moments and difficulties to adapt to a new life in a country that, at times, feels alien to him.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Over centuries, similar conceptions of alien harbors grew in the minds of mystics and scientists, sometimes leading to fatal clashes with dominant religious doctrines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Zeke knew what people thought about lizards—cold-blooded, for one, which made them somehow alien, plus all that scuttling and what was with the tongues?—but he was different from Alicia, who was different from Daniel.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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