WASHINGTON (AP) — A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the White House to lead a team of outside scientists to study the national security ...

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The Harvard astrophysicist has devoted years—and thousands of interviews—to the idea that mysterious objects streaking ...

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Deep within Uranus and Neptune, immense pressure and heat are transforming carbon into diamonds that rain down through the ...

Scientists say moons around rogue planets wandering through the galaxy could remain warm enough for life thanks to tidal heating and hydrogen-rich atmospheres. These dark, starless worlds may have had ...

The International Space Station is now home to an even more capable quantum laboratory, where NASA cools atoms to nearly ...

In the latest research, telescope observations of 3I/ATLAS examine its chemical structure and suggest that it took shape in a ...

New Zealand doctor Orson Wedgwood argues that near-death experiences suggest Earth is a God-created simulation, testing human ...

Netflix's Biohackers delves into the world of bodyhacking, following a college student's quest for justice and the shocking secrets she uncovers.