A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it's feasible is another matter.

By tracking tens of thousands of households over the course of 15 years, scientists spotted a link between hotter days and ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...