To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Interstellar visitors don’t have this problem because they were never part of the solar system’s plane to begin with.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be ...

Dyson sphere stability — once considered an impossible physics problem — may be within reach. A peer-reviewed paper in ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says humanity may be nearing a 'cosmic revolution' as AI and new sky surveys could finally reveal evidence of alien life and reshape our view of the universe.

A new study suggests Mars could help scientists understand how alien worlds evolve by showing how a once warmer, wetter ...

A new analysis of NASA's Deep Space Network finds Earth's strongest radio beams align with planetary line‑ups, boosting the chance alien civilisations could detect us and suggesting where and when we ...

Astronomers using the JWST discovered massive “rock clouds” made of vaporized minerals on the distant planet WASP-94A b.

Astronomers have spotted clouds of vaporized sand on an exoplanet. And, weather radar data reveal insects in U.S. skies—100 ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to make a major leap in the hunt for worlds outside our solar system, ...

New research suggests the moons of Jupiter and Uranus may hint that our planetary neighborhood once had a third ice giant.