GJ 3378b could be just large enough and just close enough to its star to host life (Picture: Nasa) Aliens could call a planet about a 282 million-year drive away home, scientists say. GJ 3378b is an ...

Pandora mission is designeed to "provide in-depth study of at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars," according to ...

Discussions surrounding UAPs — a.k.a. UFOs — have picked up steam thanks to all those hearings within the federal government.

Thanks to the speech delivered by Bill Pullman as fictional U.S. President Thomas J. Whitmore, the Fourth of July, at least among movie fans and sci-fi buffs, has a meaning beyond the obvious ...

As it turns 30, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day… One of the most ...

While telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can detect the chemical fingerprints of distant atmospheres, ...

In the catalogue of strange worlds beyond our solar system, hot Jupiters occupy a special category of the bizarre. These are gas giants the size of Jupiter or larger that orbit their host stars in a ...

"I really like looking at the weird ones — finding planets that don't fit the standard picture — and doing some mystery ...

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...