We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

A small star just over four light-years from Earth has just made a very big statement. In a groundbreaking new study, ...

Engineers are exploring propulsion methods that could enable longer-distance travel ...

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very ...

The position of this Great Filter, as he named it, is critically important as we contemplate the future of humanity. If the ...

The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...

Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.

The circumstances need to be right, but modeling suggests finding biosignatures in the atmospheres of planets orbiting nearby ...

Explore Earth and its relationships with a plethora of planets, stars and galaxies in its cosmic family, Laniakea, the ...

It will be essential for us as a species to maintain superiority, but [...] we are not the pinnacle of creation,” he says.

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky ...