UK scientists have discovered a new planet, Gliese 12b, which could potentially support human life. The planet is relatively ...
Gliese 12b, which is around the same size as Venus, orbits its sun every 12.8 days. The sun, called Gliese 12, is a cool red ...
We've all seen the surreal footage in nature documentaries showing hydrothermal vents on the frigid ocean floor—bellowing ...
Animation By Delcan & Co. Supported by By Ferris Jabr Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer at the magazine and the author of ...
Stellar death need not be the end for orbiting planets, which could see their ice melt as they move closer to the white dwarf ...
Welcome to the Astronomy.com roundtable where our editors help explain (and sometimes debate) hot topics. This week, Astronomy’s Dave Eicher, Alison Klesman, Daniela Mata, and Mark Zastrow weigh in on ...
New research shows that a planet spotted around the real-life star 40 Eridani A, famous for hosting Dr. Spock's fictional home world in 'Star Trek', may have been an optical illusion all along.
With nearly 6,000 planets and counting discovered beyond our own Solar System, humankind is closer than it has ever been to ...
A Death Star is born. As if regular old star-gobbling black holes weren’t terrifying enough, scientists discovered that certain types swivel around and shoot beams at various objects in the ...
The ingredients and conditions for life could have emerged billions of years ago. Are aliens eons older than Earth?
Of course, agricultural conditions on Mars, where it’s extremely cold and dry with precious little oxygen, are much more ...
Extermination is a co-op first person shooter that drops up to 12 players right into the fight against the Bug menace.