Donald Trump has ordered the release of files related to aliens, UAP, and UFOs. If previous disclosures are any indication, get ready for a letdown.

Ranking the Indiana Jones movies by believability reveals which adventures feel grounded in history – and which push the franchise into wild fantasy.

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According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly. For ...

E.T. could be phoning home — but we’re not hearing the call. A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from ...

The Fermi Paradox asks a simple but unsettling question: if the universe is so vast, why haven’t we found evidence of alien civilizations? Scientists have proposed many explanations, but some of the ...

A rare ancient document from Sudan confirms the historical existence of King Qashqash, a Nubian ruler once known only from ...

When conceptualising his 2005 concept album Illinois, Sufjan Stevens set out to acutely study the history of “the Prairie State.” ...

There were schools of thought in Ancient Greece that speculated about extraterrestrial life, in trying to answer questions ...

Forget everything you thought about life's origins. Scientists now say it all began not in a cell, but in a glob of protective primordial slime.

Residents and elected officials are speaking out against a proposed border barrier through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system.