Seems unintuitive, but the mounting list of lifeless planets might be exactly what scientists need to figure out how common ...

And with experts admitting that it is highly unlikely that our planet is the only one bearing intelligent life forms, the ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system. Interstellar material has been found within our solar system, but ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided a closer look at the aftermath of a star that wreaked violence on its planet ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

The Galileo Project at Harvard University is a group of researchers who are working to scan the entire sky and analyze the ...

ALIEN life could be hiding away on the vast ocean of a nearby moon. Scientists say there’s a chance that a “small population” ...

"Every new result can reshape our understanding of planets, their habitability, and our place in this universe." ...

My public work in astronomy will soon come to a close, an end dictated by advanced age, infirmity, and a failure to think of ...

But now, a new telescope in Chile claiming to be the 'world's biggest eye on the sky' could completely transform the way we ...

So in some sense, alien worlds were not first discovered in the 1990s or even the 1980s. It took nearly a century to fully ...

March 28, 2025 • Earth can sustain life for another 100 million years, but can we? This episode, we partner with Radiolab to take stock of the essential raw materials that enable us to live as ...