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‘Bugonia’ Makes A Crash Landing

Becky Ferreira is a science reporter based in Ithaca, N.Y. She writes <a href="https://www.404media.co/author/becky/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.404media.co/author/becky/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740083778769000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_mk31dNhas5lklZb38a6k">The Abstract</a>, a weekly science column for 404 Media. Her book First Contact, about the search for alien life, <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/becky-ferreira/first-contact/9781523527755/">is available now.</a>

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National Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, New Mexico (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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A Brief History Of Martian Ruckuses

Albert Burneko

A gross alien facehugger, clamped onto a character's face in Alien: Romulus.

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‘Alien: Romulus’ Is Exhausting, Gross As Hell, And Incredibly Fun

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Sabrina Imbler

a silhouette of a semi truck in front of a starry sky

Vibrations From “Interstellar Meteor” Actually From Local Truck; Or, Fact-Checking The Celebrity Scientist

Barry Petchesky

Mexico Is Probably Alien-Free, But K2-18b Is Still TBD

Kelsey McKinney

Zillowing Out

A $360,000 House To Zoom Away In

Tom Ley

Paul Moller's very first prototype, the M200X, is a sort of vertical-takeoff flying saucer.

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‘Bugonia’ Makes A Crash Landing

A Brief History Of Martian Ruckuses

‘Alien: Romulus’ Is Exhausting, Gross As Hell, And Incredibly Fun

Vibrations From “Interstellar Meteor” Actually From Local Truck; Or, Fact-Checking The Celebrity Scientist

Mexico Is Probably Alien-Free, But K2-18b Is Still TBD

A $360,000 House To Zoom Away In

It’s Time To Show Ship

How Will We Find Alien Life?

Harry Reid Was A True Believer