With 'Project Hail Mary' opening in theaters, here are several essential films that explore the strange, high-stakes ...

Renewed attention is falling on the base after the disappearance of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, a former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson.

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The new eerie trailer for Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day has got people talking online about the Roswell Incident.

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A viral podcast moment last month reignited speculation about extraterrestrials and prompted President Donald Trump’s commitment to kickstarting the release of government files on flying saucers. But ...

According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly. For ...

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.

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For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...