Finding alien life could shake some people to their very souls, but different religions can take very distinct approaches to ...

The Teeming Universe imagines alien ecosystems shaped by radically different planetary conditions. One world supports ...

A "baby" exoplanet, discovered emerging from its cosmic cocoon around a nearby star, is the youngest alien world ever seen, a new study reveals. The planetary infant is less than 1 million years old ...

Since 1975, Nikon's Small World competition has featured images of strikingly surreal, alien beauty. Here are this year's ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. Four hundred light years away, a planet ...

When the James Webb Space Telescope detected potential biosignatures in the atmosphere of K2-18 b last year, the discovery sparked intense debate. Here was a sub-Neptune exoplanet 124 light years away ...