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 ...

Despite criticism from the scientific community, his books sold almost 70 million copies in more than 30 languages.

"His unconstitutional crusade against me sends a chilling message to every retired member of the military: if you speak out ...

The quartet's departure will leave the International Space Station (ISS) with just three resident astronauts — NASA's ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose 1968 book Chariots of the Gods? launched the ancient astronaut movement and sold ...

In January 1996, NORAD spotted an object entering Earth’s atmosphere. Minutes later, it crashed near Varginha, Brazil. The ...

NASA astronauts are preparing for two spacewalks to complete tasks outside the International Space Station. Here's what we ...

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series of polls that show belief in alien visitation has been steadily on the rise since 2012. Moreover, ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch. Based on ...