I watched in horror as a terrible storm in the Mediterranean dashed a ship against a rocky coast, forcing its crew and ...

NPR's staff traveled a lot in 2025. From a Mardi Gras workshop to a festival celebrating the mythical Mothman, here are some places and events we thought you might want to check out, too.

California is a great place for spelunking -- aka exploring caves. While you might think one cave is like another, each one is unique and these are the best.

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...

Elon Musk in a recent interview has shared his perspectives regarding the existence of aliens, sightings of UFOs, and widespread internet conspiracy theories. While talking to Kattie Miller on her ...

Is there an Outer SpaceX? With 3I/ATLAS set to fly by Earth in just over a week, experts continue to speculate over its origins. Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb believes that if aliens, the comet wouldn’t ...

Something very significant has been happening in plain sight, and almost no one seems to be noticing. Over the past few years, there have been televised congressional hearings, repeated news segments ...

A group of researchers say it's time for academia to get serious about studying UFOs. The movement, championed by the Society for UAP Studies, is wrapping up an international conference aimed at ...

The longer I spend in Madagascar, the harder I find it to keep my bearings, stick to the matter-of-factness of global ...

The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...