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What if the government offered you a one‑way ticket to another planet? This video explores the astonishing story of a secret human‑alien exchange mission that sent astronauts 40 light years from Earth ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing extreme temperature swings on the exoplanet WASP-18b. When you purchase through ...

Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...

Humans should look to planetary alignments outside of the solar system when searching for signatures of extraterrestrial communications, scientists say. The nascent search for radio transmissions from ...

Hopes of finding alien life on planet K2-18b are rapidly fading, as new observations appear to show no detectable evidence of the biomolecule previous studies had seen hints of. Most scientists agree ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star—a predicament never previously observed. This exoplanet, as planets ...

Of all the long-running science-fiction movie franchises, perhaps the most durable is also one of the goofiest. Since 1968, Planet of the Apes movies have delighted hardcore sci-fi fans and casual ...

WASHINGTON - In addition to providing a trove of information about the early universe, the James Webb Space Telescope since its 2021 launch has obtained valuable data on various already-known planets ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien ...

A team of astronomers announced this week that they’ve detected a possible sign of life on an exoplanet 124 light years away using the James Webb Space Telescope. Even more enticingly, the exoplanet, ...

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our ...