Liquid water might not need a perfect location to exist, and neither might alien life. Researchers now believe that planets ...

Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Death Echoes Overlapping” by ...

Dubbed HD 137010 b, the planet might fall just within the outer edges of its star's 'habitable zone', meaning there could be liquid water on its surface and a suitable atmosphere for life.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...

Astronomers estimate there could be a trillion planets in our galaxy, yet no confirmed signs of alien civilizations. The talk ...

From Star Trek to Star Wars, Dune: Part Two to Galaxy Quest, these movies stand as the best films in the space opera subgenre ...

Read an excerpt of this deep-space mystery from the prolific writer of 'Whalefall' and 'Angel Down.' ...

The "Star Trek" franchise features a destructive super-weapon known as the Planet Killer, but the device's origins have remained a mystery for decades.

The fourth episode of Starfleet Academy, “Vox In Excelsio,” made some huge changes to the most famous alien race in all of Star Trek: The Klingons. The biggest change (and beware some spoilers the ...

Now, the public is able to enjoy a visually stunning glimpse into Lee’s unparalleled experience as a pioneer in space exploration — as well as his passion for searching for the answers to life’s ...

A faint signal from old telescope data is causing a stir in astronomy: a planet barely larger than Earth, with an almost ...

Project Hail Mary is going to be released in theatres on March 20, 2026, and while a few short trailers of the film have been ...