This nearby exoplanet reignites hope: new signs of possible alien life detected

Three decades of finding new worlds Exoplanet science has moved fast since the first confirmed discoveries in the 1990s.

If We Could Travel to the Stars, Where Should We Go First?

Eventually, we'll launch a mission dedicated solely to studying an interstellar object. When that day comes, which one should ...

Skywatch: As Viking mission anniversary looms, the search for Martian life lives on

NASA’s Viking 1 lander set down in the Chryse Planitia region of Mars. Its identical twin, Viking 2, followed on Sept. 3 of ...

First look at Earth’s second moon — revealed in satellite images for the first time ever

This rock star is ready for its extreme close-up. Chinese researchers have captured the first-ever close-up images of the ...

Why Nasa’s next alien-hunting super telescope will rely entirely on robots for fixes

Launching in the 2040s, the HWO telescope will search for Earth-like planets and feature swap-out instruments maintained by ...