Why AI Will Save the World to NASA Asks: “Has Anyone Really Seen Evidence of Aliens Visiting Earth?"

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Why AI Will Save the World argues venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. "What AI isn’t: Killer software and robots that will spring to life and decide to murder the human race or otherwise ruin everything, like you see in the movies. An even shorter description of what AI could be: A way to make everything we care about better."

NASA’s UFO team discusses its findings publicly for the first time--A NASA group that formed around a year ago to study unidentified aerial phenomena held its first public meeting ahead of a report expected in the next few weeks, reports Leah Crane for New Scientist.

NASA: Has anyone really seen evidence of aliens visiting Earth?--The hunt for extraterrestrial spacecraft has generally been scattered and disorganized, but now NASA is collecting all the data in one place to try to find out if any UFOs really are alien ships, reports Leah Crane for New Scientist.

Has JWST Finally Found the First Stars in the Universe? asks Universe Today. "Population III stars would be truly ancient. They would have been the first stars to appear in the universe, with almost no metals in them. Without heavier elements to increase their density, Population III stars must have been monsters. Brilliant blue hydrogen-helium stars hundreds of times more massive than our Sun. They would have had very bright but very short lives. They were all gone long before our Sun formed."

The Carrington event of 1859 disrupted telegraph lines. A “Miyake event” would be far worse, reports Big Think. We don't know what causes Miyake events, but these great surges of energy can help us understand the past — while posing a threat to our future.

Where Earth Got Its Water--A gripping new story about the origins of water is emerging from analyses of meteorites, reports Nautilus. The old story was that water-rich asteroids from afar “delivered” all of Earth’s water during our planet’s formation. New results show that, contrary to this narrative, most of Earth’s water was sourced locally, much closer to the sun.

Curated by The Galaxy Report editorial staff.