Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

In 2017 astronomers detected something extraordinary: the first known object from another star system passing through our solar system. Named ‘Oumuamua, this mysterious visitor traveled at incredible ...

These December 2025 observations by NASA's SPHEREx show the infrared light emitted by the dust, water, organic molecules, and carbon dioxide contained within comet 3I/ATLAS's coma during the mission's ...

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58 years ago, 2001: A Space Odyssey hit screens. Read SFX legend Douglas Trumbull on the movie's original "crap script" and ...

One of NASA’s spacecraft could reenter the atmosphere at approximately 7:45 P.M. EDT tonight. The agency has warned that there is a one-in-4,200 risk of harm to people as a result of potential debris.

The Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite, or AXIS, mission would have flown a large X-ray telescope. Credit: Univ. of Maryland WASHINGTON — NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large ...

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...

In 2012, NASA launched two probes into space: Van Allen Probe A and Van Allen Probe B. Their goal was to collect data on charged particles passing through Earth’s magnetic field. Those particles can ...

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Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “I’ve always been fascinated with things that cannot be explained,” Spielberg revealed in a 2026 ...