In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

Astronomers identified a strange object in the Milky Way that sends out powerful bursts of radio waves and X-rays with steady ...

The interviews and court documents paint a picture of a place that was never intended for long-term detention and quickly ...

"Star Trek" set the tone for generations of science fiction media to boldly go their own way. These five rotten films failed ...

Ahead of the launch of Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years, astronauts share the movies that capture the danger, teamwork, and wonder of spaceflight. Their picks ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

A thick shell "implies a longer route that oxygen and nutrients would have to travel to connect Europa’s surface with its ...

Scientists argue that limiting the search for life strictly to a star’s traditional habitable zone is too restrictive. That ...

There’s something especially magical about sliding into a booth at midnight, ordering that $9.99 breakfast (served all day, naturally), and watching the colorful lights play across the chrome fixtures ...

If a Galactic Internet is out there, we may be like fish swimming through the ocean, unaware of the undersea cables carrying vast streams of information around us. The data may be flowing right past ...

A former NASA staffer has claimed one of the astronauts on board the Challenger space shuttle saw footage of alien corpses ...