Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has cowritten a research paper speculating whether the comet 3I/ATLAS is in fact "hostile" ...

In an expedition led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, scientists ventured into the depths of the northwest Pacific Ocean, ...

A large sub-Neptune-sized planet revolving around a red dwarf star 124 light years away has been the topic of debate among ...

Scientists discovered thriving deep-sea communities powered by chemicals in ocean trenches over 31,000 feet deep.

A planet more than 100 light years away from Earth could be "teeming with alien life" after the "strongest ever signs of ...

K2-18 b orbits a red dwarf star and is much larger than Earth. It’s known as a sub-Neptune planet, which means it’s rich in ...

Scientists have found a nearby planet that appears to be teeming with life, and now we may know what it looks like. The planet, known by astronomers as K2-18b, is potentially an ocean world.

While popular culture commonly depicts extraterrestrial life as little green men with large, oval-shaped heads, it’s most likely that if there is life beyond our planet and within our solar system, it ...

The planet in question, K2-18b, was discovered in 2015 by NASA's Kepler mission, which revealed that planets outside our solar system are so common that they outnumber stars.

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black eggs while piloting a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Pacific Ocean at ...

This artist's impression depicts what a water world with a hydrogen atmosphere, such as planet K2-18b, might look like. (A. Smith, N. Madhusudhan | University of Cambridge) An ocean world that's ...