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An '''alien''' is a person who is of another family, race, nation or planet than the people among whom he or she lives. An alien can also be an inhabitant of another planet. Many aliens exist in fictional works, such as the TV series [[Doctor Who]] and [[Star Trek]], but in real life there is no real evidence that there is any life anywhere in the universe except on earth.
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''The following article is about the term alien as most commonly used. For the term applying to hypothesized other forms of life in the universe see:'' [[Extraterrestrial life]]
  
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In 1996 a flurry of excitement took place when some tiny fossils of microbial organisms were found on a rock that had crashed down to earth after being knocked free of the gravitational influence of [[Mars]] by a asteroid or comet, but scientists are still undecided what could have caused these and many robotic spacecraft have been sent to Mars to try to answer this fundamental question.  But apart from this, there is no evidence whatsoever of alien lifeforms.
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An '''alien''' is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In [[American]] legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.
  
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ([[SETI]]) is a program to scan the sky in radio bands likely to be used by other civilizations.  Thousands of candidate nearby stars have been examined, but no signal has been found.  In 1967 there was some excitement when a regular series of radio pulses were picked up, but this was determined to have natural causes and was the first detected [[pulsar]].
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An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country in which he or she lives.  
  
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In other countries, the term "[[foreigner]]" may be used instead of "alien". The word "alien" may also be used to describe creatures from other planets. Because such creatures have not yet been discovered, the term is usually confined to the realm of [[science fiction]], although scientists and the [[media]] may use it when speculating about such life forms.
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Latest revision as of 18:19, April 23, 2008

The following article is about the term alien as most commonly used. For the term applying to hypothesized other forms of life in the universe see: Extraterrestrial life

An alien is a person who is a member of another family, race, or nation than the people among whom he or she lives. In American legal terminology, anyone who is not an American citizen is classified as an alien.

An alien is a foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country in which he or she lives.

In other countries, the term "foreigner" may be used instead of "alien". The word "alien" may also be used to describe creatures from other planets. Because such creatures have not yet been discovered, the term is usually confined to the realm of science fiction, although scientists and the media may use it when speculating about such life forms.

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