A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1935, von Däniken rose to prominence when he published Chariots of the Gods? while working as a hotel manager in Davos. The book posed a provocative question that ...

Erich von Daeniken, the Swiss author known for his ancient-alien theories, has died at 90. His 1968 book, 'Chariots of the Gods?', suggested that extraterrestrials influenced human development, a ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him both ...

Best-selling Swiss author Erich von Daeniken, who built a lucrative career on his argument, rubbished by scientists and ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar ...

Some scientific breakthroughs may be lost to time due to scandal and redaction, while others are simply a case of waiting for more evidence. We take a look back at some that made headlines—and that's ...