Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

This video explores how scientists determine the ages of planets and which worlds formed first, based on planetary formation, geology, and evidence from space missions.

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.

While visions of Mars colonies, floating cities above Venus, and humans exploring distant moons inspire wonder, the reality ...

Several robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon can take detailed pictures of its surface, so why send people around the Moon? A ...

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in May 2027 with a 288MP camera, will “unveil the cosmos to the edge of the observable universe” ...

More than 50 years after NASA's last human mission to the moon, four astronauts, three Americans and a Canadian, are set for ...

Almost as tall as a football field, NASA's Space Launch System rocket and capsule stack traveled slowly - just under 1 mile per hour - out to the ...

The discovery of catalytic RNA transformed our understanding of life's beginnings. Clare Sansom explores how the RNA world ...