During the 1960s, the United States prepared to fend off nuclear missile attacks from the Soviet Union—unaware that the ...

A corner of the internet is promoting the idea that the AI-generated images show Trump with Nordic royal guards.

We're still in the definition phase of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), but it seems like every week a new research ...

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other ...

Valley’s role | Compete respectfully | Stunted potential. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 17, 2026.

James Webb has revealed that the sunrise and sunset sides of WASP-121 b have surprisingly different atmospheres.

A new SETI study suggests we may be overlooking alien signals not because they aren't there, but because their own stars are scrambling them before they escape into space. Turbulent plasma and ...

Steven Spielberg's sci-fi conspiracy thriller Disclosure Day opened to $44 million domestically and $92.9 million globally across 73 international markets this weekend, setting a new record for the ...

Do not shout ‘alien!’” Amid surge of public interest in UFOs or UAP, one group updated its rules for how news of ...

A screenshot from the White House’s Aliens.gov page shows alien-themed imagery and the phrase “They Walk Among Us.” The page launched amid renewed public attention on UFOs, UAP disclosures and viral ...