New discovery rewrites the book on when our ancestors first used fire
Jun 8, 2026The find suggests that early humans knew how to use fire hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
Mysterious 'black project' aircraft spotted in the skies over Area 51
VIDEO Jun 8, 2026An image of what has been rumored to be a previously unknown fighter jet over Area 51 has been doing the rounds online.
Worker backs race winner after finding tip in 62-year-old time capsule
Jun 7, 2026A construction worker successfully backed the right horse after following the instructions left in an old time capsule.
Alien signal detection guidelines updated over fear of mass panic
Jun 6, 2026If astronomers actually did pick up an extraterrestrial signal, how exactly should they break the news to everyone else ?
Mystery of Stonehenge's altar stone may have finally been solved
Jun 6, 2026Exactly how the huge stone, which originated in Scotland, actually got to Wiltshire has long remained a mystery.
ISS astronauts take shelter due to concerns over worsening air leak
Jun 5, 2026Four of the station's crew donned spacesuits and boarded a docked capsule as a precautionary measure.
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead due to mystery fault
Jun 4, 2026The iconic Mars spacecraft has ended its mission after more than 11 years in orbit around the Red Planet.
Space telescope detects methane on interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS
Jun 2, 2026The object, which became the topic of intense study and debate last year, is still throwing up some surprises.
Massachusetts rocked by sonic boom as police field multiple reports
May 31, 2026The sound in some areas was described as so loud that it literally shook people's houses.
Mystery object spotted passing between the Earth and a distant star
May 30, 2026The object took around one hour to pass in front of the star and nobody is quite sure what it could be.
New clue revealed in search for missing US Air Force general
May 28, 2026William Neil McCasland may have met up with some members of US Space Force the night before he disappeared.
Final trailer of Spielberg's enigmatic movie 'Disclosure Day' has dropped
VIDEO May 27, 2026With only around two weeks until it hits cinemas, Universal has offered a final look at the much-anticipated UFO-themed flick.
New UFO files include footage of an object being shot down by fighter jet
VIDEO May 24, 2026One of the more intriguing inclusions in the latest batch of files shows an alleged encounter with an unidentified object.
Pentagon releases second batch of UFO videos and documents
May 23, 2026A mere two weeks after the first files dropped, the US government had released a second wave of secretive documents.
Why did giant theropod dinosaurs like T. rex have such tiny arms ?
May 20, 2026The size of the tyrant lizard's arms has long puzzled scientists - why were they so small relative to their bodies ?
Ethiopia fossil find shows human ancestors lived alongside one another
May 17, 2026The remarkable discovery has shown that human evolution was a lot more complex than previously believed.
Huge new species of dinosaur discovered in South-East Asia
May 16, 2026A new type of gargantuan dinosaur that was longer than Diplodocus has been identified by researchers in Thailand.
Dinosaur was so heavy that the road broke during fossil transport
May 6, 2026Titanosaurs weren't just gargantuan when they were alive - even handling their fossils has proven a mammoth task.
'Deep state' had nothing to do with 'Disclosure Day', says Spielberg
Jun 3, 2026The legendary director has played down conspiracy theories concerning the influences behind his latest movie.
Ebola and hantavirus see record-breaking spread of conspiracy theories
May 29, 2026Conspiracies concerning the recent outbreaks have been spreading like wildfire due to a combination of AI and social media.
People may pretend to believe in conspiracy theories, study finds
May 12, 2026Some of the people who champion weird conspiracy theories may not actually believe in them at all.
String of earthquakes near Area 51 sparks secret testing rumors
May 1, 2026As many as 17 individual earthquakes were picked up in the vicinity of the secretive facility in the Nevada desert.
Man was once convicted of biting a policeman with someone else's teeth
May 17, 2026The BBC recently unearthed the peculiar tale of a man who was imprisoned for biting a policeman... even though he didn't.
Radio show accidentally invites urologist to speak instead of UFOlogist
May 15, 2026A bizarre error recently saw a medical professional accidentally invited onto a show to talk about UFOs.
28-year-old woman poses as 16-year-old at New York high school
May 11, 2026A woman who was approaching 30 managed to spend two weeks attending classes at the school.
Police officer is lowered into river to retrieve man-eating crocodile
VIDEO May 4, 2026The terrifying stunt saw the officer retrieve a crocodile that was thought to have eaten a missing businessman.
White House finally reveals purpose of mysterious aliens.gov domain
May 30, 2026The domain name, which was registered in the run-up to the release of Trump's UFO files, had generated much speculation.
Space missions could be missing signs of alien life, scientists warn
May 21, 2026There's a chance that evidence of alien life has been under our noses for years and we have failed to see it.
The alien civilization Kardashev scale has one fundamental flaw
Apr 25, 2026The scale was designed as a way to categorize civilizations in the universe based on how much energy they harness.
Matt Gaetz: whistleblower claimed US has an 'alien breeding program'
Apr 7, 2026Details of a secret US alien hybrid breeding program were reportedly once told to former Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Exorcist removed for suggesting that UFOs are demonic in nature
Jun 5, 2026The unusual move was confirmed this week in comments by the Catholic archbishop of Washington DC.
New Turin Shroud study raises more questions than answers
Apr 4, 2026Renewed efforts to understand more about the origins of the famous relic have done little to solve its mysteries.
Pope meets with delegation of exorcists over acute rise in 'occultism'
Mar 26, 2026The attendees, who met the Pope at the Vatican, were from the International Association of Exorcists.
Row in Australia as teachers told to tell kids about dinosaurs on Noah's Ark
Feb 1, 2026Concerns have been raised in Queensland over instructions to teach Christian school children to doubt science.
Scientists may know why people keep hearing mysterious humming sounds
Jun 4, 2026A pervasive phenomenon reported all across the world has impacted millions of people at one time or another.
Mystery as groups of people seen climbing out of New York City sewers
Jun 3, 2026Local authorities have been left perplexed following numerous sightings of people emerging from manholes.
Missing scientist's body found in New Mexico, 11 months after she vanished
Jun 2, 2026The incident has been linked to the disappearances of several other prominent scientists and military officials.
Mysteries revisited: the man who became a genius after a head injury
May 22, 2026Back in 2002, a man who had been attacked later woke up to find that his mental capabilities had massively increased.
Annual Loch Ness Monster hunt scours the depths for signs of Nessie
Jun 1, 2026In what has become a tradition at this point, Nessie hunters from all around the world descended on the loch at the weekend.
US tourist spots mysterious fin moving across the surface of Loch Ness
May 25, 2026Something large was reportedly moving through the waters of Scotland's most famous loch back in April.
Mystery hominid encounter had profound effect on military veteran
May 7, 2026A former Army Staff Sergeant founded his own Bigfoot organization after witnessing three mystery creatures.
US military once spooked Cold War insurgents with vampire folklore
May 5, 2026An elaborate psychological operation was once used to intimate and weaken communist insurgents.
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