Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

New research suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for photosynthesis.

The path toward intelligent life, they argue, may be more of a predictable process, unfolding as global conditions allow in a ...

The article humorously ranks planets based on wealth, characterizing Jupiter as the richest due to its massive size and possessions, and Mars as a str ...

Astronomers used a 3D global computer model to compare the climates of exoplanets in different stellar and orbital configurations. They found that a planet orbiting a white dwarf star would offer a ...

Astronomers have detected a relatively close exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star, where temperatures are ...

While two Mickeys may be better than one, by the time you get to seven or eight (the idea of Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel ...

The exoplanet, discovered in 2009, remained elusive due to dense clouds. Now, scientists have peered through with the James ...

A recently discovered asteroid has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock.

The actor plays a repeatedly reconstituted “expendable” in this dark comedy set in a nascent ice planet colony, also starring Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Colette and Mark Ruffalo.

Desperate to leave Earth, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) enlists as an “expendable”: a crew-member on a colony ship given ...

Interplanetary space travel and the vanities of tech billionaires like Elon Musk are the subject of acclaimed South Korean ...