SETI combines cutting-edge radio astronomy, data science, and planetary research in a global effort to detect signs of ...

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-hot alien planet, a new ...

Recently, a new discovery has been made in the astronomy world in the form of a new exoplanet, Wolf 327b, which orbits the ...

A recent paper published in Nature and Nature Astronomy finding life's building blocks on a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu.

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of elements heavier than iron since the 1950s. Recently, LSU astrophysicist Eric ...

Observers say proposed cuts to science and other programs undermine increased funding for human space exploration efforts.

Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class of planets.

Astronomers are once again getting excited about a rare nova that could appear in the night sky anytime from now into the ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made ...

And last month, scientists said that they discovered the strongest indication yet of life on a planet 120 light-years away.