When global events set our minds to wondering if humanity has what it takes to persist, it's natural to wonder about other worlds, other life, other intelligent species, and if those others might be ...

When humanity shifted from an economy based on balance to one driven by unrestrained exploitation, both environmental and ...

If Earth needs to borrow a cup of sugar, it's comforting to know that there may be a convenient, possibly habitable, world orbiting Alpha Centauri only 4.34 light years away – at least, if the ...

As another world around TRAPPIST-1 shows no signs of an atmosphere, astronomers urge us not to give up hope for an Earth-like atmosphere on one of the other worlds in the system.

Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known to orbit Trappist-1, a red dwarf star. A new ...

Roughly two-thirds of all emissions of atmospheric methane—a highly potent greenhouse gas that is warming planet Earth—come ...

Alice Leeds, of Bristol, taught in a variety of private and public schools and colleges for forty years. Presently retired, ...

With the many universes Image Comics has published over the years, dozens of unique and eye-catching alien races have been created. These are the extraterrestrial species with the most interesting ...

The new findings on exoplanet TRAPPIST-1d, published in The Astrophysical Journal on Wednesday, mirror similar results for ...

A NASA study finds sinus and nasal issues affect 85 percent of astronauts in space, with spacewalks making symptoms worse.

The work indicates that the picture of extraterrestrial water being delivered to Earth is complex. Maybe not all comets, but ...

Scientists have found tiny crystal worlds teeming with life at the Great Salt Lake — a discovery that could reveal how ...