Astronomers have identified a potentially habitable extrasolar planet situated around 137 light-years away.
Former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick has criticized government spending in response to unsubstantiated UFO claims.
Elon Musk's ambitious brain-computer interface startup has carried out its first ever human brain implant procedure.
New research suggests that black bears could account for a significant percentage of Bigfoot sightings.
The enormous Aldabra giant tortoises were found dumped in Ashclyst Forest, north of Exeter.
Scientists in the UK have discovered what appears to be a gargantuan ring-shaped structure far off in space.
Known as Gigantopithecus blacki, this enormous primate was the largest of its kind ever to walk the Earth.
Here we take a look back at our most popular general mystery stories from the last twelve months.
Just in time for the festive season, the image shows a cluster of young stars that happens to resemble a Christmas tree.
Physicist Prof Kenneth Ohm is one of a growing number of people hoping to have their remains sent to the Moon when they die.
The billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Blue Origin envisages a future in which most people live in outer space.
The bill requires that information about UFOs be disclosed, but now gives the Pentagon free reign to withhold whatever it wants.
For centuries, rogue waves were thought to be little more than myth, but that all changed three decades ago.
Millions of years ago, the Earth was home to some truly titanic insects including one particularly enormous millipede.
An armed assailant drove past the house and fired a shot into the enormous Christmas garden decoration.
A man from Vietnam was recently shocked to discover the horrifying reason for his unexplained headaches.
Native to the Solomon Islands, the rat hadn't even been recognized as a real species until relatively recently.
Investigators may have found a rather sinister explanation for a spate of alleged 'alien' attacks on a remote village.
Scientists have come up with a way to find planets capable of supporting dinosaur-like extraterrestrial creatures.
Michael C. Barnette is a diver and marine biologist who has spent years diving in the infamous region of the Atlantic.