Distinguishing between brown dwarfs and giant planets has confused astronomers, but a clear separating factor has finally been identified.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest direct evidence yet that Earth’s tectonic plates were on the move 3.5 billion years ago. By analyzing magnetic fingerprints in ancient rocks, they reconstructed ...

The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

Astrobiologist and planetary scientist Mike Wong is a big fan of Rocky’s non-traditional look, because it points to the fact that evolution is often random.

The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you're there? Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Andy Weir, who also penned The Martian, ...

A warehouse worker, Teddy (played by Jesse Plemons), accuses high-powered CEO Michelle (Emma Stone) of being an ...

Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets we've found so far—which in turn makes them interesting for astrobiological ...

Scientists have developed a novel protein evolution approach dubbed optovolution that uses light to guide the evolution of proteins with dynamic, multi-state, and computational functions based on ...

Abstract: Multimodal video intelligence is increasingly shaped not only by algorithmic progress but also by the constraints of networked deployment, such as limited compute and communication resources ...