NASA has just unveiled its latest selection of advanced concepts for further exploration, and they’re as wild and intriguing as we’ve come to expect. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes NASA, in its ...

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Reaching Alpha Centauri within a single human lifetime has long sounded like science fiction, yet a new generation of nuclear ...

NASA is all about forward thinking, but there's a lot that needs to happen before this plan can come to fruition. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...

Oceans with the potential for harboring life may be hidden underneath the icy shells of 17 worlds outside our solar system, according to a recent NASA study. These findings expand the search for life ...

A cosmic road trip to Proxima Centauri would be long and, in the case of SYFY's The Ark (streaming now on Peacock), potentially fatal. In exchange, however, passengers on an Ark ship to the stars ...

Space exploration is one of the most far-reaching and creative activities humans are currently engaged in. But for all the money being spent and the efforts being made, it's a kind of activity that ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

This year NASA unveiled new discoveries beyond our solar system, the count has surpassed 6,000, with several thousands more ...

What can star variability—changes in a star's brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal ...