Extraordinary ClaimsClaim examination
What Do Official UFO and UAP Reports Actually Say?
What U.S. government and NASA investigators found, what they still cannot explain, and what kind of data would help settle the rest.
THE ARCHIVE
All stories.
Every question we have explored so far.
Extraordinary ClaimsExplainer
How to Check a Viral Science Claim in Five Minutes
You don't need a lab to test a shocking headline: a few quick habits borrowed from professional fact-checkers can show whether a claim deserves your trust.
HD-Blast ResearchExplainer
The Seven Questions Behind the Research, and Where Each One Stands
The seven questions behind Ricardo Maldonado's research, from the Big Bang to evolution: what each idea proposes, what has been corrected, and what could settle it.
God & BeliefExplainer
What Did Einstein Mean When He Said God Does Not Play Dice?
A century after Einstein wrote to Max Born, the famous line is still a useful doorway into what quantum physics can—and cannot—tell us.
OriginsExplainer
Can a Telescope See the Beginning of the Universe?
Distant light lets us look far into the past. But the earliest light we can receive arrived after the universe had already been changing for a long time.
OriginsExplainer
How Could We Test an Extra Dimension?
An unseen direction in space is a serious possibility in some models. What would it change in a detector, and what would count as evidence?
Extraordinary ClaimsClaim examination
Does an Unidentified Object Prove Aliens?
A report can be sincere and still leave the cause unknown. Here is how to examine the leap from sighting to explanation.
OriginsExplainer
How Did We “Hear” Gravitational Waves?
LIGO measured tiny changes in distance and opened another way to study the universe.
OriginsExplainer
Why Do Stars Shine—and Where Did Our Atoms Come From?
A star’s light comes from fusion. Its long history also helps explain the matter that makes planets and people.
God & BeliefEssay
Can Science Decide Whether God Exists?
The answer depends on the claim being made, the observations it predicts, and what a finding would actually establish.