New Delhi, April 18 -- The Trump administration ordered a probe into the "missing" case of at least 10 top NASA and nuclear research scientists with access to information related to aerospace, defence and extra-terrestrial life.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X to reveal that the White House was "actively working" with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and "all relevant agencies" to "identify any potential commonalities that may exist" between cases involving a number of government scientists and officials who've either vanished or died in recent months.

Her announcement came in response to a question posed to her by a reporter during a press briefing on Wednesday, which referenced as many as 10 people linked to spac...