The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

"Either our models are in error, or the DMS/DMDS might not exist," Schwieterman told Space.com. "Finding life outside the ...

It’s about 2.6 times larger than Earth and nearly nine times as massive, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star.

"Given everything we know about this planet, a Hycean world with an ocean that is teeming with life is the scenario that best ...

The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...

New reports suggest that the Trump administration wants to cancel the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope despite it being ...

An exciting finding on a distant planet should also make us thankful for anyone who is doing the long, hard work of science.

Is there a middle ground between “Young Earth” creationism and “There can be no gods” atheism? Yes, says Andy Fletcher, ...

While the discovery made by JWST is undeniably a “revolutionary moment” for us, it is not an Archimedes-type “eureka” moment.

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge ...

If this scenario plays out, “the world as we know it would collapse like a house of cards,” says one theoretical physicist.