Scientists suggest that advanced aliens might not have physical bodies, challenging traditional views of extraterrestrial ...

An unidentified DNA sample found on one of Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s boots has returned to the heart of the case almost 30 ...

One of the last 80s He-Man figures produced, this Skeletor has gone from an almost-forgotten obscurity to coveted collectible.

A federal court has tossed an infringement lawsuit filed against Sony Music, Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment, and others ...

A well-worn expression among oceanographers and others who explore the watery depths of planet Earth is that we humans “know the surface of Mars better than our ocean floors.” Covering more than 70 ...

A judge dismissed a copyright lawsuit against Beyoncé's Parkwood Entertainment company because the plaintiff company did not ...

US District Judge Mark C. Scarsi granted Parkwood’s motion to dismiss and threw out the entire action “for want of standing.” ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Using the Keck Observatory, astronomers measured the spins of dozens of giant planets and brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars. They found that giant planets can spin faster than much more massive ...

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 ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the “strongest hints yet” of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...

NASA and the European Space Agency announced Monday that the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first mid-infrared chemical fingerprint ever obtained from an interstellar object, detecting ...