extraterrestrial
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One of the biggest challenges in the search for extraterrestrial life is determining whether features observed on distant planets truly point to living organisms.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
"Disclosure Day," Spielberg's return to extraterrestrial science fiction starring Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor, is slated for release in June.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
“We’re gonna have superstars, superheroes, and there is also going to be an extraterrestrial on the stage, so you can figure that one out,” Mullan said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 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
Perhaps it was a spaceship of some unimaginably advanced extraterrestrial civilization in desperate mechanical trouble, crashing in a remote region of an obscure planet.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing extraterrestrial
Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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