Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien ...

Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have ...

A new generation instrument designed to probe the atmospheres of distant worlds is nearing operational readiness, marking a ...

As the New Scientist Book Club reads Kim Stanley Robinson’s science-fiction novel in April, George Bass digs into why this 1992 book still feels so relevant today ...