One of the greatest scientific discoveries in history may be hidden beneath nearly 13,000 feet of Antarctic ice. Deep below ...

Astronomers recently made an exciting discovery on the surfaces of Pluto and Titan, detecting an unidentified substance using ...

What are the processes necessary to do so? Can life travel from one planet to another? If so, how? Today's technology brings ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

An extraterrestrial creature resembling a squid (cephalopod) changed its skin color and moved its tentacles, forming a ...

Scientists find curious material floating in space – and it could fundamentally change the search for life - Sugar is the ...

Something is absorbing light on the surfaces of Pluto and Saturn’s moon Titan, and figuring out what it is could be crucial to understanding Titan’s complex chemistry ...

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day ending challenges modern cynicism with a hopeful vision of humanity.

Every year, thousands of tons of tiny micrometeorites, each smaller than a poppy seed, rain down on our planet, dusting it ...

Using emerging radio techniques refined during and after the Second World War, the astronomers detected a powerful radio ...

Scientists say moons around rogue planets wandering through the galaxy could remain warm enough for life thanks to tidal heating and hydrogen-rich atmospheres. These dark, starless worlds may have had ...