extraterrestrial
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It’s rare to have the opportunity to consider museum ethics, extraterrestrial life and the labor theory of value all in one show, but that’s one of the many charms of this always surprising fair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
At first, he kept his extraterrestrial experiences to himself, he said, because he was afraid of the potential blowback.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
In 2025, a press release stated that we have the “strongest hints yet” of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Second, though “virtually all scientists” reject the idea that aliens have visited Earth, researchers are “increasingly confident that humanity will discover extraterrestrial life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For example, the statements “UFOs contain extraterrestrial visitors” and “UFOs are unidentified flying objects” are two entirely different assertions.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
You can bet on Nepal’s elections, which actor will next play James Bond, the next cabinet member to exit the Trump administration, and even whether the U.S. will confirm before 2027 that extraterrestrials exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Inside its sci-fi trappings — space travel, crazy technology, oodles of extraterrestrials — Pixar’s “Elio” is the story of an outsider kid who finds a new family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
In a follow-up post on Instagram, Obama, who served as US president between 2009-17, clarified: "I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
In science-fiction scenarios of first contact with extraterrestrials, humans usually bootstrap a common language with mathematics, demonstrating that we know the digits of pi and so forth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Readick played and replayed the recording until he was able to imitate the same reaction when his character sees the extraterrestrials emerge from their spaceship.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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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