A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

Vladimir Putin jokes that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is a 'secret weapon' as the mysterious object sweeps past Earth.

Harvard's Avi Loeb warns interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be alien tech. Experts weigh in on planetary defence and the risks ...

But 3I/ATLAS is no ordinary rock – it’s a comet from beyond the solar system which greeted the Earth on December 19. It’s ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Last Friday, the interstellar comet designated 3I/ATLAS completed its closest approach to Earth without crashing into us or depositing an invading armada.

Looking ahead, the comet will pass roughly 33 million miles from Jupiter in March 2026. Loeb noted the scientific value: monitoring 3I/ATLAS with the Juno spacecraft could reveal unusual activity, ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...

Scientists have sought out and detected radio emissions from from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, all but confirming that it has natural origins.

Humanity has sent into space everything from lightsabers and Tesla Roadsters to golden records and entire digital genetic ...