A Harvard astronomer, known for his provocative theories regarding extraterrestrial visits, has been selected by the White House to spearhead a team of external scientists. Their mission: to ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to have a disruptive impact on ever more parts of humanity. But what does it mean in the long run? A new paper, available as a preprint on arXiv from ...

Attorney General Todd Rokita is threatening to sue the town of Merrillville over its “efforts to sabotage” a new federal ...

Iran's president is in Pakistan to talk with mediators as negotiations between Tehran and Washington proceed on ending the ...

We're still in the definition phase of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), but it seems like every week a new research ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is a co-op shooter where you ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When the Trump administration registered the domains Aliens.gov and Alien.gov in March, UFO conspiracy theorists wondered whether they might finally get answers they’d long awaited. But coming on the ...

FIRST ON FOX: The White House has a new message on aliens: They are not coming from outer space — they are already here and ICE is tracking them. The Trump administration launched Aliens.gov on ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...