The Dynamically Stable Large Space Structures via Architected Metamaterials was granted a NIAC award by NASA at the beginning ...

A new asteroid that was discovered hurtling towards Earth in December has the highest odds of a collision to date, according ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

White dwarf stars could host habitable planets. Fast planetary rotation reduces cloud cover, keeping surface temperatures stable.

Scientists have long overlooked white dwarfs as hosts for habitable exoplanets, assuming their lack of fusion would make life impossible. But new climate models challenge that idea, showing that ...

For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random ...

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid ...

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...