Alien

Welcome to the Voice of America’s News Words.

This week’s word is about people who are going to search for life in outer space.

Alien.

An international team of scientists and businesses leaders announced plans for a huge space exploration program.

Its goal is to discover if there is alien life in space.

Alien means different from what you are used to.

The team think there might be life outside of Erth.

If so, it could be different from us, or alien.

Here in the U.S., a person who is not a citizen is also called an alien.

Now, you know what the news word alien means.