Since the 1990s, astronomers have catalogued more than 3,000 exoplanets using a fairly basic detection technique…

Our minds were blown yesterday as a team of researchers reported on the discovery of phosphine in the atmosphere of…

In a major announcement, a team of scientists is claiming to have detected trace amounts of phosphine in the…

We live inside a spiral galaxy, but one school of thought suggests oval-shaped elliptical galaxies are most likely to…

In a recent interview with the Telegraph, NASA chief scientist Jim Green said it’s possible we’ll soon find evidence…

A new congressionally mandated report says NASA should refine its strategy and improve its tools to foster the study…

Globular clusters are among the most fascinating celestial phenomena in the galaxy, packing a hideous amount of…

To date, scientists have catalogued more than 3,500 exoplanets, some of which may even be capable of fostering life.…

There are eight planets in our Solar System (sorry Pluto), but collectively, these planets host over 175 moons, one…

SETI enthusiasts have devised all sorts of complicated ways for us to find signs of alien life, but a new paper…

Rocky worlds larger than Earth are commonplace in the galaxy, and a few of them may even be habitable. Which poses…

Venus, with its crushing atmospheric pressure and scorching surface temperatures, seems an unlikely place for life…

Enceladus is one of the most fascinating objects in the Solar System. Parked in orbit around Saturn, the ice-covered…

It’s generally agreed that some kind of microbe will be the first form of life we discover on another planet, moon,…

In the year 2030, a powerful radio transmission originating from Earth will arrive at a potentially habitable…

Astronomer Abel Méndez‏ from the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico has put together…

Humans have had such a dramatic impact on Earth that some scientists say we’ve kickstarted a new geological era…

We have yet to find any traces of extraterrestrial intelligence, a vexing problem known as the Fermi Paradox. A new…

Launched in the late 1970s, the two Voyager space probes were equipped with a golden record containing sounds and…

Yesterday, news made the rounds that a team of Russian astronomers had detected an unusually strong signal emanating…