Usually, comets are dormant blocks of rock and ice. They only wake up when they get close to a star. The intense heat causes ...

Harvard physicist Avi Loeb said aliens would likely be disappointed by humanity's obsession with conflict. 'If I were looking at Earth from a distance, I would be pretty disappointed,' Loeb said. He ...

A pedestrian passes by life-size models of characters “Klingon,” left, “Romulan,” center, and “Data,” from the Star Trek television show on opening day of the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly ...

A viral social media claim alleging a secret US military programme involving alien-human hybrids has ignited widespread debate and scepticism after former congressman Matt Gaetz made the claims on the ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. Modern physics ...

Over hundreds of thousands of years, humans somehow evolved a type of intelligence found nowhere else in the animal kingdom, at least on Earth. According to the most famous theory describing the ...

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 ...

(Editor’s note: Looking back on 2025, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today’s artists and get them to weigh in on their favorites. What follows is the ...

Its not science fiction, but abductees across the world describe the same thing. Aliens dont just take you; they edit you. They replace your memories with dreams, lights, and random animals so youll ...

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 ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...

Humans have created countless inventions that shape our lives in amazing ways. Some are practical, some are revolutionary, and some are simply fascinating. But if aliens suddenly appeared, which ...