The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

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NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

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Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Fire and Ash' drops its once-compelling identity-switching ideas for thin drama and recycled capture-escape plots.

Scientists found new evidence (or lack thereof) disproving the conspiracy theory that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is alien ...

Scientists have found new evidence suggesting that interstellar 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spaceship, as one conspiracy theory ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

The planet, roughly the size of Saturn, was detected and weighed during a rare gravitational lensing event observed from both the ground and space. For decades, scientists have suspected that ...