A fictional theory created by H. P. Lovecraft ended up changing 2001: A Space Odyssey - and the world.

Everyone loves a good alien invasion story, preferably one with city-sized ships and physics-defying tech. There's just one big problem with that. The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100 to 400 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson continues to dismiss the hypothesis of a Harvard University professor that a massive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a sigh ...

(via Cool Worlds) What is the most realistic way we'll detect an alien civilization? If the history of science and astronomy is any guide, there is a clear answer: The Eschatian Hypothesis.

Another example of such magical thinking (see my prior post) is the ancient alien theory that the disappearance of the dinosaurs sixty-five-million years ago was not an extinction so much as an ...

Donald Trump's directive to release classified files on extraterrestrial life has sparked excitement and conspiracy theories, ...