Humanity has always looked up at the stars, dreaming of what lies beyond our planet. But how far have we truly reached into the vastness of the universe? From the first steps into space to the ...

For centuries, humanity has gazed up at the stars, wondering if we are truly alone in the universe or if extraterrestrial life exists somewhere in the vast cosmos. From UFO sightings to the search for ...

For example, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 150,000,000,000 m but the distance to the next nearest star (Proxima Centauri) is 39,900,000,000,000,000 m.

Like Jupiter, it is a gas giant and is some 500 light-years from Earth, has a radius estimated to be 1.12 times that of Jupiter's and a mass of around nine Jupiters — meaning you could easily ...

This new series on Disney is a prequel to the original Ridley Scott film that both echoes its brilliance and takes the Alien ...

Astronomers have discovered a huge planet with the fastest wind speeds ever observed in the universe. The gas giant WASP-127b, which is located over 500 light-years away from Earth, has winds that ...

Our universe is the 'ultimate computer', Professor Vopson theorizes in a new paper. Gravity's pull – both on planet Earth and in outer space – is the universe trying to keep its vast amount of ...

W e know that one out of five stars has a planet that could be like the Earth ’s. It’s incredible. One in five – and we have 200 billion stars in the Milky Way, alone.

Kepler-452b: Earth 2.0 For a planet to be habitable, it needs to be within something called the "Goldilocks" zone - where water can exist in liquid form on the planet's surface.

Earth’s story is a saga spanning 4.5 billion years, but it’s only in the last 11,000 years - with the rise of farming - that our species has started to dramatically impact our planet and its ...

Just like Earth, Kepler-725c is thought to be a rocky planet, possibly covered by a water ocean and exposed land. 'Kepler-725 c might equally be a volatile-dominated water world,' the experts ...