Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

Evidence of alien life or cosmic pyramid scheme? A documentary filmmaker sparked a discussion of advanced Martian ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

The case for a prohibition on octopus farming is simple enough: we probably shouldn’t raise animals capable of using tools — let alone ones which might possess consciousness — in tubs of their own ...

In 2017 astronomers detected an unusual object entering our Solar System from interstellar space. Named ‘Oumuamua, it ...

Aliens have invaded the news again. Last month, two US presidents weighed in on the topic in rapid succession, managing to make a public that was already obsessed with extraterrestrials even more so.

Astronomers say a distant, sunlike star shows signs of a catastrophic planet-on-planet crash that may mirror the ancient impact that formed Earth's moon.

Racist Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer complain that black folks lack photo ID. Imagine if they handed photo ID to anyone ...

Our world has no shortage of wonders and mysteries—but is it really all that surprising? We somehow managed to make Bluetooth ...