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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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