From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar neighbor, which lies just 4.2 light-years away — thanks to a powerful new ...

How can a comet from another star system have a tail pointing toward the Sun? This counter-intuitive phenomenon, observed for ...

Scientists around the world are confronting unexpected radio silence and puzzling measurements from interstellar object ...

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

In 2025, astronomers uncovered more than 100 new moons orbiting planets in our solar system, an exciting discovery that could ...

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which ...

Planet-forming collisions were once thought to be rare—new observations suggest they may occur far more often than scientists ...

But now, they're planning to build telescopes on the far side of the Moon. These instruments will probe one of the last unexplored windows on the Universe. Here, astronomers hope to get a glimpse of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to embark on groundbreaking missions in 2026, including lunar flybys, asteroid studies ...

ESA’s 2026 space missions will take Europe to new heights. From lunar flybys and asteroid studies to Mercury orbit and advanced satellite launches, this year promises groundbreaking discoveries in ...

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...