Astrophysicist Avi Loeb is on a mission to prove aliens exist. His peers say he's chasing sensationalism. He reflects on his ...

Astronomers have identified an ultra-light exoplanet orbiting the star TOI-1453, located 250 light-years from Earth. While ...

The search will involve a new fleet of underwater robots that can operate independently at depths of up to 6,000 metres for ...

A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday at 2:49 a.m. EDT (0649 GMT; 11:49 p.m. on ...

More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...

These rather small planets are a stone's throw from Earth in galactic terms, but were too small for previous instruments to ...

The search for alien life is one of the most captivating scientific quests of our time. With the discovery of thousands of ...

What can a star’s behavior teach scientists about the formation and evolution of sub-Neptune exoplanets, which comprise one ...

Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...