For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

In the heart of our galaxy, scientists have discovered the largest sulfur-bearing molecule ever detected beyond Earth, with ...

The institution, envisioned roughly 70 years ago, will bring together scientists from multiple fields to advise the country’s ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de Astrobiología, part of ...

A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments simulating interstellar space show that simple amino acids can link into peptides, ...

Trappist-1, a star system 40 light-years away, holds seven Earth-sized planets—three in the habitable zone—that ignite our imagination about life beyond the solar system. But how long would it take to ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

The chemical is pulsing deep within the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, in a compound that has 13 atoms.

Written, directed by, and starring the Youtuber, Iron Lung follows Markiplier navigating undersea horrors in a galaxy rocked ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients for life may exist long before planets are formed.

Interstellar showcased a bleak future, but NASA's Artemis II mission looks to avoid a possible future for something even better.

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...