"Let's count down 11 recently discovered Earth-like planets! When Earth is no longer habitable, where could humans go? These ...

Astrophysicists from Durham University have developed a new model to estimate the likelihood of intelligent life forming in ...

For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest ...

This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, ...

Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...

The HBO prequel fills in the vast universe of “Dune”— but has our own galaxy in mind, too.

Some minerals in lava could suggest water is nearby.

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a sun-like star, ...

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered three massive galaxies from the early universe, revealing ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a ...

When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars?

The photograph of the Milky Way was taken by Oisin McDonnell, who is based in South Australia. He shared the image in a ...