In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site is home to the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, and many studies have tried to sort through the fossils to ...

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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 afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Claims that the Nazca mummies represent a new alien species originate from a self-published paper by a retired paleontologist. A detailed peer review challenges these conclusions, identifying the ...

A strange metallic monolith was discovered deep in the Utah desert, and very few people knew where it was. Using flight data, terrain clues, and instinct, the location was quietly tracked down. The ...