When most people think science fiction, they first think of outer space. It’s why names like Kubrick, Lucas, Cameron, and Scott will live on long after the men who made them famous are gone. For the ...

Could the universe have more than three dimensions—and if it does, could life exist there? If higher-dimensional beings are possible, they might interact with our world in ways we can’t fully perceive ...

It was a real pyramid scheme. Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, positing that they used a pulley and counterweight system to erect it so ...

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in ...

Dr. Goddard is a professor of political science at Wellesley College. Dr. Newman is a professor of international affairs at Georgetown. Negotiations around President Trump’s demand for U.S. ownership ...