Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

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Imagine a silent, alien surveillance probe entering our solar system, an ancient construct watching us with indifferent eyes. Now, imagine the man suggesting this is not a science fiction novelist, ...

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other solar systems, even if that was not their original intention. Five robotic ...

Alien probes could be hiding among us in plain sight as we search for them in the wrong places. This is the theory of professor Alex Ellery of Carleton University who argues that if self-replicating ...