Scientists have discovered a mysterious hole on the surface of Mars, and they have no idea what lies inside it. This pit, ...

New research casts doubt on the prospects for a habitable, active environment beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon ...

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Depending on who you ask — and what you’re willing to believe — aliens are real. And they’ve visited Vandenberg Space Force ...

The president wants the U.S. to start setting up a permanent moon base by 2030, among other goals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

Since its discovery, some people have speculated that interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS could be alien technology. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb points to its unusual trajectory and composition as ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump enshrined the U.S. goal to put humans back on the moon by 2028 and defend space from weapon threats in a sweeping executive order issued on ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the most compelling evidence to date that a rocky planet beyond the solar system may have an atmosphere. Although it’s not Earth-like, a planet called ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Dec. 5-11. There are certain souvenirs that you can only acquire in a place as ...

For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...

Scientists are to send a spacecraft to hunt for aliens potentially hiding in our solar system. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a mission to Saturn's moon Enceladus, as it has all the ...