Earth’s neighbor still has secrets that science is trying to figure out, and one of them is potential signs of life.

Physicist Enrico Fermi posed the big question in 1950: "Where is everybody?" This led to the rise of the Fermi Paradox. If the observable universe is filled with hundreds of billions of galaxies, with ...

Light sails can propel spacecraft using the energy of the Sun. Credit: NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart Tiny spacecraft riding beams of light could put humanity within reach of another star system ...

Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace ...

Hundreds of Venus-like planets could soon help determine why some worlds become sweltering greenhouse hellscapes while others ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Hacking Into Erebus Hacking Into Erebus is a hacking game centered on taking control of a spacecraft named USS Erebus. The ship is stranded on a remote ...

These cosmic giants might one day propel our spacecraft, process unimaginable amounts of data, and even reveal advanced extraterrestrials.

If there are two properties that I never thought I’d see together, it’s these two and yet there’s something so right about it. The Predators are some of the most formidable aliens ever and the Apes ...

Finding out about distant worlds and their potential for life is clearly on a lot of astronomers’ minds. The other thread we have spotted is using the physics-defying properties of our craft to go ...

In searches for past and present Martian life, some scientists say we’ve been too cautious to see what’s right in front of us ...

A new study suggests that if extraterrestrial life exists, it’s likely being lived on this exoplanet. Astronomers have determined that LHS 1140b, located a mere 48 light-years from Earth, is emitting ...