This is one of many articles in the Mercury’s 2026 Climate Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of ...

On March 27, 1974, the Betz family walked their fire-damaged property on Fort George Island, Florida, and came across something that did not belong there. Sitting in the open, untouched by the flames ...

The original Spaceballs is nearly 40 years old, and yet the brilliance of Mel Brooks continues to shine through, inspiring ...

LaMelo Ball was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves this offseason. That means he’s leaving Charlotte, the place where he ...

The actor says a family movie night sparked the idea for ‘Spaceballs: The New One’ and led to a 40-minute pitch that finally ...

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Authorities, though, have a much more mundane explanation: space junk. The Australian Space Agency said the spheres are likely pressure vessels from a (human-made) rocket. "The Agency has identified ...

It was the late 1950s when Ruben Uriarte saw his first UFO — a silvery, oval-shaped object hovering by the Oakland foothills. “I thought maybe it was a blimp, because it was just hanging there. I ...

The shiny objects—each roughly twice the size of a basketball—began to appear on July 3. Authorities initially worried that ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

It didn’t take long for stories about extraterrestrials to reach our cinemas. George Méliès “A Trip to the Moon” introduced weird, easily explodable aliens called Selenites that capture the first ...