From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Within the lifetimes of today’s teenagers, some of the world’s most respected researchers now say the discovery of alien life ...

The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...

An ancient asteroid older than Earth itself has reignited debate over whether life began in space. NASA's Bennu discovery ...

For more than a century, popular culture has trained us to picture extraterrestrials as bug-eyed, bipedal “little green men” ...

Nasa’s mission teams use extreme environments to trial equipment and procedures for future lunar and planetary exploration.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is racing away from the sun. Hubble and JWST track the object's strange composition: high CO2 ...

The apocalyptic site, dubbed a 'doorway to hell', exists right here on Earth and has been burning since 1971 — only one person is known to have ever descended inside.

The aim is to establish better coordination between astronauts, robotic missions, and artificial intelligence.

Mistletoe survives alone as a street cat, lurking in the shadows, until one day he finds a trio of kittens. Heroically, on ...

Humanity has sent into space everything from lightsabers and Tesla Roadsters to golden records and entire digital genetic ...

From failing to stop Judgment Day in Terminator 3, to Esther revealing herself in Orphan, these great plot twists make up for ...