Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just finding distant worlds, they are cataloguing places with molten surfaces, ...

UP UNTIL the mid-1990s, the only planets whose existence we knew about for certain were those in our own solar system. This narrow worldview was changed forever when the first exoplanets were found ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could revolutionize the search for alien worlds by discovering around 100,000 exoplanets—far more than all previous missions combined. It will look deep into unexplored ...

The Alien franchise has been a cornerstone of the sci-fi genre since Ridley Scott unleashed the xenomorph on the world in 1979. Now, as the decades have passed, the franchise has had highs and lows ...

From the first photographer star to the discovery of alien worlds, these night sky targets mark some of astronomy's greatest firsts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The science fiction genre is home to many fascinating, terrifying, and breathtaking worlds that stretch the limits of imagination, from the hive of scum and villainy that is Tatooine in Star Wars to ...