Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that a distant alien planet's atmosphere is surprisingly lopsided. Located 1,300 light-years away, the scorching gas giant WASP-17b ...

The Etosha Pan in northern Namibia, the largest salt flat in the country, looks otherworldly in this satellite photo.

Claims that aliens are already here are everywhere, but proving them is another matter. The strongest cases become more ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

While long-fabled technologies like Smell-O-Vision are still a long way off from ever being a reality, astronomers can still technically smell stuff deep in space without actually having to get a ...

Space is full of electromagnetic radiation like radio signals, but those signals are usually coming from stars or black holes ...

Some scientists believe the sheer number of stars, planets and potentially habitable environments in space makes ...

Planets orbiting stars beyond the solar system come in all shapes and sizes but mostly fit into a few categories: large and hot gas giants, super-Earths that are slightly larger than our planet, ...

In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only ...

A journey through Phtanum B explores strange lifeforms, alien environments and believable worldbuilding.