Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

What if the galaxy isn’t empty—just deliberately quiet? Some civilizations may have chosen secrecy over conquest, hiding in ...

What if life on Earth didn’t begin here at all, but arrived from somewhere else in the universe? Panspermia is the ...

Astronauts of the future may be radically different from the rest of us in physiology and psychology. So, to what extent ...

Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1935, von Däniken rose to prominence when he published Chariots of the Gods? while working as a hotel manager in Davos. The book posed a provocative question that ...

Erich von Daeniken, the Swiss author known for his ancient-alien theories, has died at 90. His 1968 book, 'Chariots of the Gods?', suggested that extraterrestrials influenced human development, a ...

Some scientific breakthroughs may be lost to time due to scandal and redaction, while others are simply a case of waiting for more evidence. We take a look back at some that made headlines—and that's ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...