Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Two landers manufactured by Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines were briefly on the moon at the same time in March 2025. Here's what happened.

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

A computer expert pulled off the 'biggest military computer hack of all time,' breaching NASA's system to find what he said ...

While sifting through the extensive data collected by NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the last decade, scientists discovered a familiar type of electromagnetic ...

Scientists identify exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b, a possible Earth-size world orbiting a Sun-like star 146 light-years away ...

The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the "Moth," just 117 light-years away.

Scientists might have just found Earth's icy, distant cousin a few hundred million light-years away. HD 137010 b is one of ...

Being able to spot the Earth, let alone any signs of life on our planet, would require an enormous telescope from 66 million ...

The planets are aligning. This Saturday is a rare chance to see several of our closest cosmic neighbors in a single sky. Six planets will assemble themselves for a spectacular “planetary parade” that ...

Does NASA have files on aliens? Jared Isaacman says no, and tells Ross Douthat on “Interesting Times” that extraterrestrials would pick a more exciting locale to visit than America’s naval bases.

Did you know? Sound from another planet, the wind on Mars, has been recorded and made audible with the help of headphones and ...