Movies like "Disclosure Day" and "Project Hail Mary" renew our fascination with extraterrestrials and the idea that humankind is not alone in the universe.

Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond our planet.

"Project Hail Mary", the new movie based on author Andy Weir's book of the same name, is a wild romp through the cosmos. The film explores many of the same areas of science as Wei ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

A documentary filmmaker sparked a discussion of advanced Martian civilizations after sharing footage that appeared to depict ...

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...

The molten exoplanet, larger than sub-Neptune, could be a new class of planet.

Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten ...

Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to melt rock into a churning ocean of magma and fill the air with the ...

What other types of planet are waiting to be uncovered?' astronomers asks after finding small molten, stinky world.

Oxygen has been the most important gas in our search for life among the cosmos thus far. On Earth, we have it in abundance ...