On a research trip up to a cemetery in Eldora, Amy Davis and Rikki Diana Pauley saw something strange in the night sky. “She notices it first, and then it blinked,” Davis said. “Almost ...

You don't need a rocket ship to visit another world. Right here on planet Earth, there are bizarre landscapes that defy expectations.

Scientists have discovered something that they previously thought wasn’t possible – an ‘inside out’ star system. When you line all the planets in our solar system up, the four closest to the sun are ...

Among the uncounted stars in the universe may be worlds with environments unlike anything we have ever experienced. From crushing gravity and toxic atmospheres to methane seas and eternal storms, ...

Researchers from Auburn University have discovered hydroxyl gas coming from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a clear chemical sign of water. The Swift Observatory also detected a faint ultraviolet ...

Free-floating planets, or as they are more commonly known, rogue planets, wander interstellar space completely alone. Saying there might be a lot of them is a bit of an understatement. Recent ...

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

But as much as it’s easy to think all they need is oxygen and water for life to flourish, scientists have discovered that isn ...

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

Earth is the only planet that supports life, and it is not just because of water or oxygen. Scientists have discovered that when our planet was born, it was sitting in the "chemical Goldilocks zone”, ...

There have been great sci-fi shows, but many of the genre's best, like Babylon 5, Continuum, and Fringe, completely fall ...

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...