Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...
Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...
For centuries, religious traditions like Catholicism have viewed extraterrestrial life as a valid theological topic rather than a contradiction, openly discussing the concept for generations.
When the U.S. was born, humanity was still seven years away from balloon-borne flight. Where might we be another 250 years from now, should the nation be fortunate enough to survive that long?
A comet screaming in from another star system carried alien ice ratios never seen before. What scientists found inside its spinning nucleus is reshaping how we picture worlds beyond our sun.
A three-armed spacecraft is rushing to the rescue of a NASA telescope that’s in danger of crashing back to Earth.
Astronomer Avi Loeb gives his thoughts on the prospect of finding signs of intelligent life beyond our Solar System.
A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem.