A COMPANY in the United States is offering insurance in the eventual case of an alien abduction – and the firm has just added ‘Area 51 Coverage’ in light of the Facebook event. Almost two million people have signed up…
A panoramic image shows the Milky Way, our home galaxy. Nineteen newly discovered dwarf galaxies seem to be missing their dark matter, and physicists aren’t sure why. The find dramatically increases the number of galaxies that appear to be missing…
Data from the Planck satellite reveals the cosmic microwave background. The shape of the universe is one of the most important questions in cosmology, with far-reaching implications, up to and including the ultimate fate of the cosmos. For decades, we’ve…
The model on the right shows water flow in northern Greenland in the presence of a valley extending under glacial ice. SAN FRANCISCO — Far below the frozen cover of the Greenland ice sheet sprawls miles of bedrock — and…
The scientists on the expedition hope that two specialized arrays of metal detectors, towed by snowmobiles, will reveal iron meteorites from the early solar system just below the icy surface. Scientists are scouring the remote Antarctic ice cap for rare…
Replicas of two historic viking long-boats at Lofoten Islands, Norway. When archaeologists excavated an unusual Viking grave site in Norway, they dug up two bodies … along with the remnants of two massive boats. After hundreds of years underground, only…
An artist’s impression of the Black Knight satellite. The spacecraft has sparked a long-lived conspiracy theory. Sometimes the introduction of a news report will stop you in your tracks, forcing you to reread in fear you didn’t quite grasp its…
Scientists say we may find evidence for life beyond Earth within the next decades. WASHINGTON — How long until we find evidence of life beyond Earth? If a panel of experts is on track with their estimates, it may be…
When not seeking UFOs, To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science will be partnering with the U.S. Army on projects involving energy propulsion, quantum physics and space-time engineering. A private company that researches UFOs has a new contract with…
Life restoration of Fukuipteryx prima. Around 120 million years ago, a bird about the size of a pigeon fluttered through Cretaceous forests in what is now Japan. The newly discovered fossil, preserved in three dimensions, is the first primitive Cretaceous…