With the successful launch and deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope, a lot of researchers and science enthusiasts are wondering if it could actually help us find alien life.

A group of scientists want Pluto to be considered a planet again, even if hundreds of other objects earn the same rank.

Looking for worlds around other stars shows us just how weird and unusual our planet really is in the grand scheme of things.

Astronomers detected a new, strange signal from the heart of our galaxy to the delight of social media users ready for a sign from an alien civilization…

Dinosaurs may have had no choice but to get wiped out by a catastrophic impact from outer space. But we have options. And we're starting to test them on real asteroids.

The next big space race isn't the United States vs. China, it's Musk vs. Bezos. And who wins has the potential to change our lives.

When you're not being firmly planted onto a solid surface by gravity, it's not just your bones and muscles that suffer. It takes a toll on your brain too.

As the international race to explore Mars heats up, some writers are resurrecting an old hypothesis that life on Earth really started on the red planet.

There are good reasons why designs for human outposts on other planets are starting to look nothing like the typical science fiction tropes with which we've grown up.

When stars get too close to each other the encounters can end in cannibalism, massive explosions, and even parasitic infestations.

Neutron stars' thunder is usually stolen by black holes, but these bizarre objects living on the edge of physics create plenty of fascinating phenomena all on their own.

Water usually means life. But could too much water snuff out life before it has a chance to evolve?

Today, nothing can replace terrestrial mining. But if make the necessary long-term investments, our reward will be nearly infinite cheap resources, and a cleaner, healthier Earth.

Science fiction taught us that humanity's next destination in space should be Mars, but science disagrees.

Astronauts get a very rare and unique perspective on our planet, one in which our world isn't just a steppingstone to the stars, but a fragile home to be protected.