At the keynote panel at SXSW, Steven Spielberg revealed his beliefs that "we are not alone here on Earth right now." ...

To capture unprecedented, high-resolution images of distant exoplanets, NASA is actively developing a mind-bending mission that uses the Sun’s massive gravitational field as a giant magnifying glass.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to investigate a new type of planet. This molten lava world beyond the solar system likely smells like rotten eggs, and suggests that there ...

Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy that presents a unique ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent an entirely new class of worlds.

New research shows many people vastly underestimate other people's beliefs in extraterrestrial life. Is social stigma keeping ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth exoplanet orbiting a star located about 83 light years away. The newfound alien world is slightly ...

Wright-Patterson has played a central role in the US military’s real investigations into mysterious objects in the sky — from Cold War-era research programs to efforts to study what the government now ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals new clues about a mysterious cosmic explosion that defies expectations.

Roughly 66 million years ago, scientists believe an enormous meteor, dubbed Chicxulub, smashed into the Earth in an extinction-level event that wiped out 75 percent of life, including the vast ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was the third object ever discovered in our solar system that originated from another star system. Despite a viral conspiracy theory, NASA officials have repeatedly ...