Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...
A Harvard University cosmologist who has suggested alien life forms could be sailing into the solar system disguised as meteors is leading the Trump administration’s secretive new scientific advisory ...
A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the Trump administration to ...
Scientists say moons around rogue planets wandering through the galaxy could remain warm enough for life thanks to tidal heating and hydrogen-rich atmospheres. These dark, starless worlds may have had ...
For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting ...
Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...
Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they ...