Two archaeologists explore the enduring myth that extraterrestrials contributed to the various ancient cultures around the ...

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Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir is known for his scientific accuracy, so how does the Ryan Gosling-led film version of his ...

The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum in Portland, Oregon definitely falls into the latter category, and you’re going to ...

In a recent post, people shared the wildest things they've ever witnessed with their own two eyes. In response, readers wrote in with their own experiences, and these stories were just as unbelievable ...

The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

The screenwriter talks about adapting Andy Weir's novel for the screen, and the challenge of writing dialogue for smart characters.

Explore the darkest corners of the abyss with 18 terrifying creatures found at the bottom of the ocean. These are Earth's ...

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

Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy that presents a unique ...

Wright-Patterson has played a central role in the US military’s real investigations into mysterious objects in the sky — from Cold War-era research programs to efforts to study what the government now ...

As Nicolas Roeg’s enigmatic, unclassifiable film – in which David Bowie plays an alien visiting Earth – turns 50, we look back at Tom Milne’s deciphering of it. From our Summer 1976 issue.