A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

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As we look back over the past 20 years, certain villains stand out for their ability to linger in our minds long after the ...

Researchers have unveiled a new magnetic cloaking device that can render sensitive objects invisible to detection.

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Two decades ago, Audi transformed itself from a brand that competed with Subaru, at least in the eyes of consumers, to one viewed on par with BMW and Mercedes-Benz. No easy feat, as unlike those other ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

We’ve likely had at least one close encounter of the 3I kind before. Harvard scientist Avi Loeb claims that not only does 3I/ATLAS potentially have alien origins, but that this wouldn’t be the first ...

A documentary argues that the U.S. government needs to divulge what it knows about the phenomena formerly called U.F.O.s. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

For four months, social media has drawn skywatchers and lovers of galactic lure to a speck spotted in July. A new visitor from beyond our solar system University of Texas at Arlington Astrophysicist ...