We're still in the definition phase of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), but it seems like every week a new research group comes out with a paper helping to shape what is becoming one of the ...

For the last decade Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has been scanning the skies and seas for evidence of intelligent alien life.

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The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran ...

Attorney General Todd Rokita is threatening to sue the town of Merrillville over its “efforts to sabotage” a new federal ...

Benton County leaders took two major steps Tuesday related to the county jail, unanimously approving a federal grant ...

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 ...

The Iron Giant, Kung Fu Panda, and The Lion King are genuinely perfect animated movie masterpieces that only run about 90 ...

The planet Mars is home to many wonders waiting to be discovered by humans in the coming years. Experts recently discovered ...

Mixing far-reaching — at times inscrutable — existential observations with both an alienating storytelling conceit and Stephen Spielberg's typical melodrama, his latest sci-fi thriller is a ...