For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

In a significant leap forward in the quest for extraterrestrial life, NASA recently announced the detection of oxygen in the ...

While Saturn has been visible in the night sky all of September, this weekend, the ringed planet will shine its brightest.

Every 378 days, Saturn swings into opposition, bringing it closer, brighter, and nearly 10 times easier to observe than at ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

Three celestial bodies are about to meet up for one night in September in a conjunction that should be widely visible in the U.S. – including Florida.

Three celestial bodies will meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely visible in the ...

Experiments on Earth indicate some common species of bacteria and fungi could survive for several days on the moon's surface, ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...

Do we know what space actually smells like? And what about other planets, moons, and celestial bodies? Here's what the ...