In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only ...

The new exoplanet Elias 2-24 b is the youngest ever discovered, still forming in a cloud of debris around a young star just 450 light-years from Earth ...

ZME Science. For years, astronomers have wondered whether another huge planet is lurking unseen in the cold darkness beyond ...

Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according ...

Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field ...

An alien radio signal from K2-155 d? Are there any alien civilizations out there? For several decades, scientists have been searching for evidence that they exist. That effort is collectively known as ...

Scientists discovered first-of-its-kind evidence of a possible second-generation planet around a white dwarf star some 270 ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium ...

Scientists have traced a series of mysterious radio signals to a gigantic alien world 63 light-years from Earth.

The aliens were next door, and somebody killed them. That’s the story plasma physicist John Brandenburg, PhD, tells about ...

Planets without stars to orbit raise important questions about how planets evolve and what habitability might look like across the cosmos. Rogue planets careen through interstellar space without the ...

But, with careful planning, some telltale indicators of rainbows and other optical phenomena can be seen. To be clear, none ...