If a new science fiction film strongly reminds you of a handful of others, how much of a problem is it when those others are among the best things the genre’s done in 25 years? When it comes to the ...

The guy pouring my beer in Anchorage told me that he knew there was no truth to decades-old rumors about a research facility 200 miles to the northeast. Nobody was up there talking to aliens or ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

Producers Oriana Zill de Granados and Michael Rey discuss mysterious injuries suffered by government officials, known as ...

Stellar plasma can smear alien radio signals before they escape their star system, making them harder for astronomers to detect.

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

The 1970s were a pivotal decade for cinema, and some of its greatest gems, like The Exorcist and Apocalypse Now, have only ...

This ship was huge. It was like a city-sized ship. And there was hundreds of beings on board,” said Debbie Solaris, a military veteran and one of six panelists sharing their ...

Mankind encountering forces beyond their understanding has long been a great playground for horror, as exemplified by these ...

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Minecraft is known for being familiar to players, which is why it has such a solid nostalgic effect. Those who haven't played the game in years will likely see things they didn't know about, perhaps ...