The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

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Dec. 21 (UPI) --Power has been largely restored after a widespread and unexplained blackout left swaths of San Francisco without electricity Saturday, just days before Christmas. Pacific Gas and ...

A federal judge on Monday said the U.S. government denied due process to the Venezuelan men it deported to a prison in El Salvador in March after President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. The ...

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series of polls that show belief in alien visitation has been steadily on the rise since 2012. Moreover, ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After Saturday’s blackout, roughly 110,000 San Francisco residents have power again. About 21,000 are still in the ...

The latest quarter-point cut will reduce the Fed’s benchmark short-term interest rate to a range between 3.75% and 4%, the lowest setting in three years and down from a peak of around 5.4% that the ...

The blackout—impacting about 130,000 Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) customers—struck during one of the busiest weekends before Christmas, forcing shops and restaurants to close. Waymo’s autonomous ...