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

Research scientists are saying that recycled human waste could help grow crops on the Moon and Mars, representing a ...

A tooth fragment found in the skull of a fossilized dinosaur sheds light on the Tyrannosaurus rex’s feeding habits.

Scientists have identified a 3.3-million-year-old giant prehistoric monster crocodile species that likely hunted early human ...

When we imagine alien life, we picture monsters, insects, or tentacles—but what if the most realistic aliens are human-like? Evolution tends to solve the same problems with similar designs, and ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

If the letters “HDP” send chills down your spine now, you’ve come to the right place. In Pluribus episode 6 (titled “HDP”), protagonist Carol (Rhea Seehorn) makes a disturbing discovery, which leads ...

The truth is out there — and late President George H.W. Bush apparently knew it — telling a federal official that an alien made contact with humans at a secretive New Mexico air base in 1964, ...