Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got ...

The probe sent back the first pictures of the asteroid Kamo’oalewa. Next step: landing on the surface and collecting samples ...

Eventually, we'll launch a mission dedicated solely to studying an interstellar object. When that day comes, which one should ...

"All these discoveries from pioneering missions like Voyager and New Horizons teach us how little we know about what lies ...

Some of these approaches may show promise, but new research indicates much of today’s AI is even more easily duped by false ...

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence community, as well as to publish its findings in peer-reviewed journals ...

(Original Caption) Dr. Harry L. Williams (right) examines the eyes of Dr. Carl Pfeiffer after administering LSD 25, the new drug which produces effects similar to those experienced by schizophrenics.

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously large black holes” might be used by alien civilisations, and what makes the ...

A House Oversight Committee task force investigating long-classified federal secrets will hold a hearing Tuesday focused on the Central Intelligence Agency's controversial MK-Ultra program, a Cold War ...