Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby supernova will ...

Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) telescope will be actively looking for traces of life on Earth-like planets in other ...

As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It's likely that an advanced civilization ...

Elon Musk laid out his vision during a roundtable chat with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ben Ferguson for their podcast The Verdict.

Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds.

A new study suggests that small changes would have been manageable, but a massive super-Earth could have made our planet uninhabitable, offering clues about where life might (or might not) exist ...

Odin is around 270,000 miles (434,522 kilometers) away from Earth, on a silent journey that’s going nowhere fast. California-based startup AstroForge launched its Odin spacecraft on February 26 ...

Searching for planets in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars is key to understanding the potential for life beyond Earth. It also helps scientists explore conditions similar to those that allowed ...

For any space mission beyond low-Earth orbit, for example to the moon or Mars, the astronauts would be subjected to even higher doses of radiation, significantly increasing these risks to their ...

Sánchez aims to inspire young explorers through her journey beyond Earth. This mission marks the first all-female crewed spaceflight since Valentina Tereshkova’s solo mission in 1963. New Shepard’s NS ...