India, Feb. 16 -- A light-hearted podcast exchange turned into a viral moment this week after former US President Barack Obama appeared to say that aliens are "real." The short clip quickly spread across social media,

Area 51 is a U.S. Air Force Base in Nevada, and has long been the subject of conspiracy theories stemming from the belief that the U.S. government keeps evidence of alien contact on site, including spacecraft and specimens.

We humans have numerous scientific activities currently involved in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). These include observations of numerous star systems looking for radio signals, as, for example radar signals like those our airports ...

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But what would happen if we actually made contact,