2018 proved to be yet another year replete with UFO stories and sightings that, in keeping with the rich history of the phenomenon, ranged from the fantastic to the farcical. The past twelve months saw new revelations about attempts by the government to investigate the enigma, appearances by odd anomalies in the sky over all manner of locations, and intriguing sightings reported by pilots in both the United States and Europe. This year also featured its fair share of strange

Conspiracy theorists are saying President Donald Trump's call for a military Space Force is further evidence the government is hiding the truth about UFOs and extraterrestrial visitors, and hope the move means the government is moving toward "full disclosure." The plan is also pitting Trump against the "Deep State," which many in the UFO conspiracy community believe is keeping alien secrets from being released, reports The Washington Times. Read the article Credit: Sandy Fitz

Last year, an enigmatic object named Oumuamua startled astronomers when it came streaking past the sun, giving humanity its first close-up look at an object from beyond our solar system. This year, the interstellar visitor did something even more remarkable: It made it respectable to talk about alien spaceships. The turning point came in November, when Avi Loeb, the head of the astronomy department at Harvard University, co-wrote a paper saying that Oumuamua is so unusual tha

It’s been a couple of months since the Japanese space agency (JAXA) deployed robots to the surface of the asteroid known as Ryugu. The Hayabusa-2 “mothership” sent the bots down to examine the space rock’s surface and send back readings to Earth, and we got to see the images shortly after they arrived. Now, as JAXA prepares for the most daring maneuver of the entire mission — a touchdown that will allow Hayabusa-2 to snag a sample of the rock’s surface before heading back to

On Monday, November 26th, following a six-month journey across hundreds of millions of miles of deep space, NASA’s InSight spacecraft will arrive at Mars in suitably dramatic fashion, hitting the top of the planet's atmosphere at 12,300 miles per hour—several times faster than a speeding bullet—shortly before 12:00 pm PST (3:00 pm EST). NASA and others will be broadcasting news of InSight's approach, entry, descent, and landing all day long. Here are the best places to keep t