A leading astrobiologist argues that advanced aliens may well exist but are likely giving Earth a miss, thanks to vast ...

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Military and commercial pilots are increasingly treated as star witnesses in UFO debates, but psychologists warn their ...

Based on evidence collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

President Trump nominated Oklahoma law enforcement veteran Lance Schroyer to lead ICE amid a push for mass deportations.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court blessed a Kafkaesque nightmare by a 6–3 vote along the usual partisan lines.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the majority “shakes the public’s confidence in the stable and predictable development of the ...