From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, the third such visitor ever observed, is exhibiting unusual energy and chemical behavior as it ...

ESA's advanced XMM-Newton telescope discovered a faint X-ray glow from the 3I/ATLAS comet. What is this mysterious light it ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized ...

A ship carrying nearly 40 scientists will spend a month doing research at the edge of the Antarctic ice. There are goals but no guarantees, and plenty of perils.

Radar operators at Washington National Airport and nearby military bases began tracking unidentified objects moving through restricted airspace near the White House and the Pentagon. The returns were ...

Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. In ...

Let us be clear: if Nigeria’s new tax laws were altered after passage by the National Assembly, then the Constitution has ...

A metallic-looking rock sitting on the Martian surface has jolted a mission that was already rewriting what we know about the ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, ...